On these occasions he made such extraordinary and sagacious remarks that Madame de Balzac, in her character of represser, felt obliged to remark sharply, "You cannot possibly understand what you are saying, Honore!"
"Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings"
Mary F. Sandars
He was very much annoyed by my freezing civility, which I always found the best represser of impertinence; but recognising his mistake, he changed his tone, and vouchsafed an explanation.
"Prisoner for Blasphemy"
G. W. [George William] Foote