Refined himself to soul, to curb the sense And made almost a sin of abstinence.

-Dryden,John
  'The Character of a Good Parson', l.10^11.

If the President has a bully pulpit, then the First Lady has a white glove pulpit†more refined, restricted, ceremonial, but it's a pulpit all the same.

-Reagan, Nancy
  In the NewYorkTimes,10 Mar.

This Englishwoman is so refined She has no bosom and no behind.

-Smith, Stevie (Florence Margaret)
  A GoodTime was Had ByAll,'This Englishwoman'.