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

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

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

What beefsteak is to Argentina, flamenco to Spain, cool reserve and self-control in all situations to an Englishman, what vodka is to a Russian and beer to a Bavarian, what money is to a Swiss, that is outdoor-life to an Australian. It is a noble mania, better than vodka, better than cool reserve, better than money.

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

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.

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