Famous quotes containing the words grave and/or gentleman:
“A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one—they shew one another off to the best advantage.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)
“I believe no gentleman would like to have his family affairs neglected because his wife was filling her head with crotchets and pothooks, and who, because she understood a few scraps of Latin, valued that more than minding her needle or providing her husband’s dinner.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)