We may not be the creme de la creme, but we are the creme de la scum.

I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in any argument.

We don't know much about the human conscience, except that it is soluble in alcohol.

The greatest horrors of our world are committed by people who are totally sincere.

The secret of good health and happiness is to have rather small illnesses throughout your life which you can rely on to stop you doing anything you don't want to do.

Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The ageing process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over and runs off laughing. No one should grow old who isn't ready to appear ridiculous.

We may not be the creme de la creme, but we are the creme de la scum.