Mrs. Brisbane-Brown was a relic, but only the unthinking would have called her a snob. For snobbishness implies some sense of insecurity, and she was perfectly secure. Castle Gay (1930)
[On the newspapers of the Craw Press:] Their politics are an opiate to prevent folk thinking. Castle Gay (1930)
He knew nothing accurately about any subject in the world, but he could clothe his ignorance in pontifical garments and give his confusion the accents of authority. He had a remarkable flair for discerning and elaborating the tiny quantum of popular knowledge on any matter. Castle Gay (1930)