Her frocks are built in Paris, but she wears them with a strong English accent.

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.

The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.

A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mouse long after she's killed it.

Every reformation must have its victims. You can’t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return.

To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening.

Life is full of its disappointments, and I suppose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions.