The Japanese are human beings like the rest of us, but they will strongly resent this insinuation.

To have created a Welfare State was a great achievement; but we must go on to create a Welfare Planet.

If somebody tells you an obviously untrue story, on the Continent you would remark, "You are a liar, Sir, and a rather dirty one at that." In England you just say "Oh, is that so?" Or "That's rather an unusual story, isn't it?

The English have no soul; they have the understatement instead.

English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists.

Continental people have a sex life; the English have hot-water bottles.

In the field of snobbery, Australia is an underdeveloped country; even a few British ex-colonies, regarded as under developed in all other respects, could export a great deal of snobbery to Australia and still have enough to spare for their own, internal needs.