““Mr. 2nd Comptroller Cutts came into my office to shew me the papers in the case of the late Purser Josiah Tatnal, Jr. (I had asked him for copy of the bond). That done, he stated, at cruel length, his difficulty with the Q.[uarter] M.[aster] Genl’s office... He is a polite man, and I think means well, but [is] excessively dull and vain. I really pity him. It is a great misfortune to any gentleman to have no sense.””
![“Mr. 2nd Comptroller Cutts came into my office to shew me the papers in the case of the late Purser Josiah Tatnal, Jr. (I had asked him for copy of the bond). That done, he stated, at cruel length, his difficulty with the Q.[uarter] M.[aster] Genl’s office... He is a polite man, and I think means…” quote by Howard K. Beale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/192/howard-k-beale-93501_quote_mr-2nd-comptroller-cutts-came-into-my-of_1370684.jpg)
![“[W]hen you find yourself face to face with one [Bondsmage], you bow and scrape and mind your 'sirs' and 'madams.'" ... 'Nice bird, asshole,' said Locke.” quote by Scott Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/efe/scott-lynch-1437_chains_w-hen-you-find-yourself-face-to-face-wit_826997.jpg)
![“Mrs. HOWE (Julia Ward)–Wife of Dr. Howe, of Boston, famous as a teacher of the deaf and dumb. This lady is here, giving a course of private lectures, on quaint subjects—e. g. “moral triganometry [sic]” alias “practical ethics.” I dined with her, by special invitation, at Mr. Eames’—She is a smart…” quote by Howard K. Beale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/114/howard-k-beale-93501_marriage_mrs-howe-julia-ward-wife-of-dr-howe-of-b_585762.jpg)