Children are given us to discourage our better emotions.

You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

I hate posterity - it's so fond of having the last word.

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.

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.

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.