A good insult is rare. My favorite all time insult comes from the great Christopher Hitchens. He once said about the late, not great preacher, Jerry Falwell:

“If you gave Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox.”

I came across a rather 19th century zinger that I also thought was clever. This one comes from the profligate and licentious poet Lord Byron about British politician Lord Castlereagh. Pretty good as insults go, no?