“If the jests that you crack have an orthodox smack, You may get a bland smile from these sages; But should it, by chance, be imported from France, Half-a-crown is stopped out of your wages!” IfsShouldMayChanceHalfFranceOrthodoxCracksCrownsWagesSageSmackBland Author:W. S. Gilbert
“I've an irritating chuckle, I've a celebrated sneer, I've an entertaining snigger, I've a fascinating leer; To everybody's prejudice I know a thing or two; I can tell a woman's age in half a minute--and I do” KnowsI CanTwoAgeHalfMinutesPrejudiceMannersFascinatingEntertainingIrritatingSneerChuckles Author:W. S. Gilbert
“A popular speaker, however unpopular and insignificant, has only to wind up his speech with half-a-dozen lines of Shakespeare (and to make it clearly understood that they are Shakespeare's) and he will sit down amid thunders of applause.” LinesHalfWindSpeechUnderstoodDozenSpeakersThunderInsignificantApplause Author:W. S. Gilbert
