'English fair play' is a fine expression. It justifies the bashing of the puny draper's assistant by the big hairy blacksmith, and this to the perfec…

- Joseph Furphy

Age cannot limit him, nor use exhaust his infinite mendacity.

- Joseph Furphy

Who can control his fate? asks the ruined Othello. No one, indeed. But everyone controls his option, chooses his alternative.

- Joseph Furphy

Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down to mere nonentity. But…

- Joseph Furphy