As anyone who has ever fallen foul of an airport, a conventional hospital or a bad restaurant knows, misery is made up of little things.

I wouldn't say when you've seen one Western you've seen the lot; but when you've seen the lot you get the feeling you've seen one.

Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.

The main purpose of children's parties is to remind you that there are children more awful than your own.

Whereas a lot of men used to ask for conversation when they really wanted sex, nowadays they often feel obliged to ask for sex even when they really want conversation.

When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why.

There's comfort to an awful old dressing-gown a pretty peignoir is powerless to provide, and aging bra elastic, is, I suspect, as near to liberation as most women ever get.