I read somewhere that a dining companion was unhappy with him, in that he had a `snoot-full’, and told him,
“If you were my husband, I believe I would poison you.”
And his response:
“If I were your husband, I believe I would take it.”
Or something like that.
That was to Lady Astor....it’s quite a quote. I wish I could have heard the remarks the preceded that exchange.
Did he coin the famous, “We’ve established what you are. Now we’re just haggling over price.”?