I sometimes think that I shall have quite enough to do to save myself.
It is strange what a propensity I feel for the wrong side of the post." "I feel the strongest assurance that you will always keep on the right side." "Thank you, my dear.

I mean to try, but I'm quite sure that the jockey who takes me in hand ought to be very steady himself.

Now, Lord Chiltern--" "Well,--out with it.

What have you to say ?" "He does not bear the best reputation in this world as a steady man.
Is he altogether the sort of man that mammas of the best kind are seeking for their daughters?
I like a roue myself;--and a prig who sits all night in the House, and talks about nothing but church-rates and suffrage, is to me intolerable.

I prefer men who are improper, and all that sort of thing.