A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.

Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle their differences.

We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night.

In spite of recent jazzed-up one-day matches, cricket to be fully appreciated demands leisure, some sunny warm days and an understanding of its finer points.