14: G's father took up writing: "If he can do it, so can I". [The father followed in the son's footsteps]
20: Even when he had nothing to say he could say it in a column of prose or verse.
23: "I wanted to knock his brains out. Not in anger, but only to see" [Mark Twain]
27: You're so well‑bred, you ought to be buttered
38: An amusing idea overburdened by blank verse
151: On over‑advertising: "It really does not do to spread butter on both sides of the bread" [GBS]
246: Just enough education to assimilate information without being able to assess it
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