“Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.”
“Life is serious...but you cannot take it seriously.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, friends and neighbors, and anyone else I've managed to leave out–”
“The gentlemen like it when a lady smells sweet.”
“Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.”
“Mrs Poste, who had wished people to live beautiful lives and yet be ladies and gentlemen.”