"I wish sir, you would practise this without me. I can’t stay dying here all night. O Lord, Sir—when a heroine goes mad she always goes into white satin."

"I was struck all of a heap."

"The throne we honour is the people’s choice."

"’Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion. He is the very pineapple of politeness!"

"An aspersion upon my parts of speech!"

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

"Mrs Candour: I’ll swear her colour is natural—I have seen it come and go—Lady Teazle: I dare swear you have, ma’am; it goes of a night and comes again in the morning."

"I’m called away by particular business—but I leave my character behind me."

"Here’s to the maiden of bashful fifteen Here’s to the widow of fifty Here’s to the flaunting, extravagant queen; And here’s to the housewife that’s thrifty. Let the toast pass— Drink to the lass— I’ll warrant she’ll prove an excuse for the glass!"

"Rowley: I believe there is no sentiment he has more faith in as that ‘Charity begins at home’.Sir Oliver Surface: And his I presume is of that domestic sort which never stirs abroad at all."

"There is no trusting appearances."

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

"The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts."