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.

But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school.

And the vagueness of his alarm added to its terrors; when once you have taken the Impossible into your calculations its possibilities become practically limitless.

The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends.

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

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

Women and elephants never forget an injury.