Monogamy is the Western custom of one wife and hardly any mistresses.

We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart.

If he had unlimited money at his disposal, he might go into the wilds somewhere and shoot big game. I never know what the big game have done to deserve it, but they do help to deflect the destructive energies of some of our social misfits.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

Why are women so fond of raking up the past? They're as bad as tailors, who invariably remember what you owe them for a suit long after you've ceased to wear it.

All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.