I have read somewhere in the Apocrypha, "That one should not consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a buyer, of selling; nor with an unmerciful man, of kindness, etc." I could have added one thing more: nor with an attorney about compounding a lawsuit.

The ejectment of Lord Strutt will never do.
The evidence is crimp: the witnesses swear backwards and forwards, and contradict themselves; and his tenants stick by him.

One tells me that I must carry on my suit, because Lewis is poor; another, because he is still too rich: whom shall I believe?
I am sure of one thing, that a penny in the purse is the best friend John can have at last, and who can say that this will be the last suit I shall be engaged in?
Besides, if this ejectment were practicable is it reasonable that, when Esquire South is losing his money to sharpers and pickpockets, going about the country with fiddlers and buffoons, and squandering his income with hawks and dogs, I should lay out the fruits of my honest industry in a lawsuit for him, only upon the hopes of being his clothier?
And when the cause is over I shall not have the benefit of my project for want of money to go to market.

Look ye, gentlemen, John Bull is but a plain man, but John Bull knows when he is ill used.

I know the infirmity of our family: we are apt to play the boon-companion and throw away our money in our cups.