Oh, London is a fine town

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Heir at Law (1797), act I, sc. ii.

English (original)

Oh, London is a fine town, A very famous city, Where all the streets are paved with gold, And all the maidens pretty.

— George Colman the Younger

Not to be sneezed at.

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

Praise the bridge that carried you over.

Lord help you! Tell ’em Queen Anne's dead.

My father was an eminent button maker — but I had a soul above buttons — I panted for a liberal profession.

But when ill indeed, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.