He had a great command of humour and invective, and his little serio-comic lectures were always skilfully adapted to the section of the crowd he happened to be addressing, He could silence the knocker, and the member of the crowd who attempted to score off him always had the laugh turned against himself."
He possessed a masterful command of wit and insults, and his humorous lectures were skillfully tailored to the specific audience he addressed. He could subdue even the most audacious heckler, and any attempt by them to provoke him always resulted in the heckler being made the target of ridicule.