He is a very amiable man: before dinner he complains that he has no appetite, and after dinner that he has over-eaten himself, and if you don't offer him anything he sulks and starves.

He doesn't give much trouble therefore." "Let us write after his name then: 'Baron George Malnay, an amiable man.'" "Here is a dear silly, Count Gregory Erdey.

He is the most delightful fellow in the world, and can keep the whole company in convulsions with his quips and cranks.

He can imitate the absurdities of costume of every nation, and can present you with an Englishman, a Spaniard, a Frenchman, and a Jew by a mere twist of his hat.

The very simplicity of his absurdity makes him the most harmless of men.