Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.

The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them they are ruined.

I'd hoped we'd get proposals, and I hope we'll get something in three to four weeks,

I hope something comes in the next three to four weeks,

Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health

Above the vulgar flight of common souls.