The existence of St Sophia is atmospheric; that of St Peter's, overpowering, imminently substantial.One is a church to God; the other a salon for his agents.One is consecrated to reality, the other to illusion. St Sophia, in fact, is large, and St Peter's is vilely, tragically small.

-Byron, Robert
  The Byzantine Achievement.

First of all the Georgian Silver goes, and then all that nice furniture that used to be in the salon. Then the Canalettos go.

-Stockton
  Speech at a private dinner of the Tory Reform Group, 8 Nov, in a reference to privatization and the selling of profitable state- owned enterprises.