ORGAN JOHN O'CONNELL had the ready wit of his country in a remarkable degree. We were walking by the Wey one day, when an Oxford graduate, who had a taste for botany, plucked a flower (Balsamum impatiens) from the river, remarking that it was a very rare plant. "It is an out-of-the-Wey one, at any rate," was the instantaneous reply.
W. H. Harrison, University Magazine.
H! 'tis the most tremendous bore
Of all the bores I know,
To have a friend who's lost his heart
A short time ago.
Bon Gaultier Ballads.
NEVER on any account allow my business to interfere with my drinking.
C. F. Browne, Artemus Ward's Lecture.