A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside.

O Lord, Sir - when a heroine goes mad she always goes into white satin.

The throne we honour is the people's choice.

The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous - licentious -abominable - infernal - Not that I ever read them - No - I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper.

An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's vile hard reading.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.