Humility is one of the most repulsive virtues, nearly always false.

An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.

Travel' is the name of a modern disease which became rampant in themid-fifties and is still spreading. The disease - its scientific name is travelitis furiosus - is carried by a germ called prosperity.

To be extravagant you need money. True. But you do not need your own money.

Australians are decent people with the right instincts and they wish everybody well; but if all is not well, it is none of their business and they will not lose too much sleep over it. The shrug of the shoulders has become - only temporarily, I daresay - the national gesture of Australia.

You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.

'I don't say a Zionist must be insane,' said President Weizmann, 'but it helps if he is.'