"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
-- Mark Twain

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
-- Oscar Wilde

"He inherited some good instincts from his forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them."
-- James Reston

"He had delusions of adequacy."
-- Walter Kerr

"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."
-- Paul Keating

"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
-- John Bright

"A modest little person, with much to be modest about."
-- Winston Churchill

"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others."
-- Samuel Johnson

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
-- Irvin S. Cobb

"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
-- Stephen Bishop