Prices in Italy are only slightly lower than in France, which means that Italy is a very expensive country for everyone, natives, visitors and tourists.

In Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state.

American radio is the reverse of the Shakespearean stage. In Shakespeare's time the world's greatest dramas were acted with the most primitive technical arrangements; on the American air the world's most primitive writing is performed under perfect technical conditions.

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

The English take everything with an exquisite sense of humour. They are only offended if you tell them that they have no sense of humour.

If it is gay, ribald and lascivious night-life you are after, Israel is not the place for you. The night clubs you do find are nearer in spirit to a YMCA than to dens of iniquity.

The Americans are extremely gadget minded people and American gadgets have a peculiar characteristic: they work.