Things are seldom what they seem, / Skim milk masquerades as cream.

You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.

He uses language that would make your hair curl.

If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance.

Things are seldom what they seem.

Sir, I view the proposal to hold an international exhibition at San Francisco with an equanimity bordering on indifference.

Man is nature's sole mistake.

Sir, Sunday morning, although recurring at regular and well foreseen intervals, always seems to take this railway by surprise.

On a cloth untrue / With a twisted cue, / And elliptical billiard balls.