Easy writing's curst hard reading.
The throne we honour is the people's choice.
Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature - the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.
Had I a heart for falsehood framed, I ne'er could injure you.
An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!