Aig [F.-M. Sir Douglas Haig] 'e don't say much; 'e don't, so to say, say nothin'; but what 'e don't say don't mean nothin', not 'arf. But when 'e do say something--my Gawd!

Human nature is rarely so amusing as when trying to get a house off its hands. Women at this task can be untruthful enough, but their untruth lacks the infusion of candor which a skillful male liar can introduce.

The trouble with marriage is that, while every woman is at heart a mother, every man is at heart a bachelor.

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.

People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so; they are called dwellers sur la branche.

Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.

In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.