WIST

Sir, Sunday morning, although recurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always seems to take this railway by surprise.

Sir W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) English playwright [William Schwenck Gilbert]
(Attributed)
Letter of complaint to the station manager

You’ve no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself — and how little I deserve it.

Sir W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) English playwright [William Schwenck Gilbert]
Ruddigore, Act I (1887)

The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone,
All centuries but this, and every country but his own.

Sir W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) English playwright [William Schwenck Gilbert]
The Mikado

I’m very well acquainted too with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I’m teeming with a lot of news –
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.

Sir W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) English playwright [William Schwenck Gilbert]
The Pirates of Penzance (1879)
With Arthur Sullivan.