I doubt if he will ever succeed at the Bar.

He has so little perseverance or steadiness, and indulges in such an erratic, desultory mode of life; but he has made his mark in literature already, and I think he might become a great man if he chose.

Whether he ever will choose is a doubtful question." "I am afraid he must be rather a dissipated, dangerous kind of person," said Marian.
"Well, yes, he is subject to occasional outbreaks of dissipation.

They don't last long, and they seem to leave not the faintest impression upon his herculean constitution; but of course that sort of thing does more or less injury to a man's mind, however comparatively harmless the form of his dissipation may be.

There are very few men whom John Saltram cannot drink under the table, and rise with a steady brain himself when the wassail is ended; yet I believe, in a general way, few men drink less than he does.