“Suppose, gentleman, that man is not stupid.”
“Gentlemen, let us suppose that man is not stupid. (Indeed one cannot refuse to suppose that, if only from the one consideration, that, if man is stupid, then who is wise?) But if he is not stupid, he is monstrously ungrateful! Phenomenally ungrateful. In fact, I believe that the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped.”
“Come on, gentleman; let us drink to our stupidity.”
“A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.”
“I’m not supposed to be anything else than a man that’s stupidly in love with you. That’s what I know.”
“What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut like you.”