On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.

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

A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.

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.

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?

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.

It is often said that the Japanese are extremely clean at home, or inside any house or office, but dirty and untidy outside. 'Go and look at a railway station,' I was told, 'and you'll be horrified.' I went and was horrified; horrified by the cleanliness of the place.