Man is nature's sole mistake.

I am a courtier grave and serious Who is about to kiss your hand: Try to combine a pose imperious With a demeanour nobly bland.

If you're anxious to shine in the high aesthetic line as a man of culture rare, you must get up all the germs of the transcendental terms, and plant them everywhere.

Bind up their wounds - but look the other way.

Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved.

Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise.

The Law is the true embodiment of everything that's excellent; it has no kind of fault or flaw and I, my Lords, embody the Law.