Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.
A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.
A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.