I always say beauty is only sin deep.

Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one's childhood that one goes through wondering what the next course is going to be like - and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d'oeuvres.

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.

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

I always say beauty is only sin deep.

The revenge of an elder sister may be long in coming, but, like a South-Eastern express, it arrives in its own good time.