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Convictism having been safely got under hatches, and put to bed in its Government allowance of sixteen inches of space per man, cut a little short by exigencies of shipboard, the cuddy was wont to pass some not unpleasant evenings.

— Marcus Clarke

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To describe a tempest of the elements is not easy, but to describe a tempest of the soul is impossible.

A Man of Business is one who becomes possessed of other people's money without bringing himself under the power of the law.

Men change their dispositions as they change their climate.

As Mr Burnett said to me long ago, 'Q———, you will never be one of us. You have ruined your constitution by early temperance.'

It is no use borrowing if you mean to pay. There have been more men ruined by 'temporary accommodation' than anything else.

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