A word in earnest is as good as a speech.

“A commission of haberdashers could alone have reported whatthe rest of her poor…”

“Men who look on nature, and their fellow-men, and cry that all is dark and gloo…”

“And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any …”

“[...] certain it is that minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled ill…”