His first object was to rob the Queen of Hungary. His second was that, if possible, nobody should rob her but himself.

Of so many quotable sentences, this is my favourite. Second favourite:

We could make shift to live under a debauchee or a tyrant, but to be ruled by a busybody is more than human nature can bear.

Absolutely golden. Though not true, she says, living at apoint where a competent busybody definitely looks like a prospect ever so much better than tyrants or debauchees, of which there are currently far too many in power.