Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.
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Life is a long Dardenelles, My Dear Madam, the shores whereof are bright with flowers, which we want to pluck, but the bank is too high; and so ...
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Life is a long Dardenelles, My Dear Madam, the shores whereof are bright with flowers, which we want to pluck, but the bank is too high; & so ...
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The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, 'I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so go...
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The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.
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Madam, there's no such thing as a tough child - if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender.
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Madam, Life's a piece in bloom death goes dogging everywhere: She's the tenant of the room he's the ruffian on the stair.
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Soldiering, my dear madam, is the coward's art of attacking mercilessly when you are strong, and keeping out of harm's way when you are weak. That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.
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In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives.
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'You, madam, are the eternal humorist, The eternal enemy of the absolute, Giving our vagrant moods the slightest twist!...'
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'If you were my husband, i would feed you poison.'
'If you were my wife, madam, i would take it!
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Lady Astor: 'Mr. Churchill, you're drunk!' Winston Churchill: 'Yes, and you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow, I shall be sober.'
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I go walking, and the hills loom above me, range upon range, one against the other. I cannot tell where one begins and another leaves off. But when I talk with God, He lifts me up where I can see clearly where everything has a distinct contour.
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Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.' Lady Astor to Winston Churchill. 'Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.' His reply
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Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love all year round, madam; that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
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Drinking, when we are not thirsty and making love all year round, madam; that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
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Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend on it that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.
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To a talkative woman Madam, don't you have any unexpressed thoughts
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Yes, madam, Nature is creeping up.
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Modesty is a shining light it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.
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Lady Nancy Astor, Viscountess: 'If you were my husband, Winston, I should flavour your coffee with poison.' Winston Churchill: 'If I WERE your husband, madam, I should drink it.'
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You're looking exceptionally ugly tonight, Madam, is it because we have company?
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Duchess of York. Good madam, be not angry with the child. Queen Elizabeth. Pitchers have ears.
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Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.
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