I said in my earlier book, and find no reason for retracting my statement, that the famous Jewish sense of humour got lost in transit to Israel.

Rich people (in Australia) have swimming pools in their gardens but, at least, they do swim in them.

Israel also deprived the world of its chance of shedding tears of genuine sympathy over her destruction. The world resents this; it likes to feel noble and sympathetic.

When a wicked and unworthy subject annoyed the Sultan of Turkey or the Czar of Russia, he had his head cut of without much ceremony; but when the same happened in England, the monarch declared : "We are not amused".

Once you start buying first aid kits you start having accidents.

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

People on the Continent either tell you the truth or lie; in England they hardly ever lie, but they would not dream of telling you the truth.