So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. 'What! no soap?' So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber.
– Samuel Foote
They all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gun powder ran out at the heels of their boots.
– Samuel Foote
When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.
– Samuel Foote
He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.