Frederick Marryat

It's just six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.

Every man paddles his own canoe.

All lies, white or black, disgrace a gentleman, although I grant there is a difference: to say the least of it, it is a dangerous habit, for white lies are but the gentleman ushers to black ones.

I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.