It's easy to make money. You put up the sign Bank and someone walks in and hands you his money. The façade is everything.

Pukka sahib or rank outsider--gentleman or bounder--and it's accent, accent, all the way.

Philosophy is by the timid for the timid.

I never wanted to marry anyone like my father; I always preferred those more shoddy.

Everyone likes the obscene; that is real life.

Humorists are always pessimists. They're reactionaries: because they see that every golden cloud has a black lining.

it's immoral to work to make money. There's something unlucky in it. You got to work for the work. You got to work on a farm, for the farm - then it makes money.