Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.

I do not believe the expenditure of $2.50 for a book entitles the purchaser to the personal friendship of the author.

When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.

Conversation should be like juggling; up go the balls and plates, up and over, in and out, good solid objects that glitter in the footlights and fall with a bang if you miss them.

"What war?" said the Prime Minister sharply. "No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should have been told. I'll be damned," he said defiantly, "if they shall have a war without consulting me. What's a cabinet for, if there's not more mutual confidence than that? What do they want a war for anyway?"

I am suing Lord Beaverbrook for libel and hope for some lovely tax-free money in damages. He has very conveniently told some lies about me.