“Gilbert's response to being told they (the words 'ruddy' and 'bloody') meant the same thing was: "Not at all, for that would mean that if I said that I admired your ruddy countenance, which I do, I would be saying that I liked your bloody cheek, which I don't.”

“The meaning doesn't matter if it's only idle chatter of a transcendental kind.”

“Sing 'Hey to you — good-day to you' —Sing 'Bah to you — ha! ha! to you' —Sing 'Booh to you — pooh, pooh to you' —And that's what you should say!”

“I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.”

“To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dockin a pestilential prison with a life-long lockawaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shockfrom a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.”

“When everyone is somebody, then no one’s anybody.”

“It's love that makes the world go round.”