When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV]at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship's crew, "now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family.
Horace WalpoleLord Bath used to say of women, who are apt to say that they will follow their own judgment, that they could not follow a worse guide.
Horace WalpoleI shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company.
Horace WalpoleShakespeare had no tutors but nature and genius. He caught his faults from the bad taste of his contemporaries. In an age still less civilized Shakespeare might have been wilder, but would not have been vulgar.
Horace WalpoleTwo clergymen disputing whether ordination would be valid without the imposition of both hands, the more formal one said, "Do you think the Holy Dove could fly down with only one wing?
Horace Walpole