The British public has always had an unerring taste for ungifted amateurs.

He had his choice, and he liked the worst.

To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about

God looks not at the gift, but at the hand that brings it. Our courtesies are rejected if iniquity attends them.

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks

Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.