He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.
A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
It is doubtless wise, when a reform is introduced, to try to persuade the British public that it is not a reform at all; but appearances must be kept up to some extent at least.
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.
A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone had licked it.