God's trustiest lieutenants often lack official credentials. They may be professed atheists who are also men of honour and high public spirit.

Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled.

Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.

If more than 10% of the people like a painting, you can be sure it's bad.

The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good to her.

No Englishman is ever fairly beaten

The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.