And That Singular Anomaly, The Lady Novelist--

Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light-hearted Loon, If You Listen To Popular Rumour; From Morning To Night He's So Joyous And Bright, And He Bubbles With Wit And Good Humour!

My Family Pride Is Something Inconceivable. I Can't Help It. I Was Born Sneering.

I Love My Fellow Creatures - I Do All The Good I Can - Yet Everybody Says I'm Such A Disagreeable Man!

Who Knows But We May Count Among Our Intellectual Chickens Like Them An Earl Of Thackeray And P'raps A Duke Of Dickens

I'm Really Very Sorry For You All, But It's An Unjust World, And Virtue Is Triumphant Only In Theatrical Performances.