But then the pastors and men of God can only be human, — cannot altogether be men of God; and so they have oppressed us, and burned us, and tortured … - Anthony Trollope

He possessed the tact of becoming instantly intimate with women without giving rise to any fear of impertinence. He had about him somewhat of the propensities of a tame cat. It seemed quite natural that he should be petted, caressed, and treated with familiar good nature, and that in return he should purr, and be sleek and graceful, and above all never show his claws. Like other tame cats, however, he had his claws, and sometimes made them dangerous.

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something.

You Ministers go on shuffling the old cards till they are so worn out and dirty that one can hardly tell the pips on them.