“Ladies and gentlemen, friends and neighbors, and anyone else I've managed to leave out–”
“Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.”
“Honoria had a plan.It had come to her in church that morning. (The ladies went; the gentlemen somehow managed to get out of it.) It wasn’t terribly complicated; she needed only a sunny day, a halfway acceptable sense of direction, and a shovel.”
“Ladies and Gentlemen...we are floating in Space!”
“Jonathan Swift made a soul for the gentlemen of this city by hating his neighbor as himself.”
“Friends, show me a man who hates himself, and I'll show you a man who hates his neighbors more! He'd have to—you'd not grant anyone else something you can't have for yourself—no love, no kindness, no respect!”