Perennials are the ones that grow like weeds, biennials are the ones that die this year instead of next and hardy annuals are the ones that never come up at all.

I cannot for the life of me see why the umpires, the only two people on a cricket field who are not going to get grass stains on their knees, are the only two people allowed to wear dark trousers.

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.

The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you.

Spring makes everything look filthy.

Have you ever taken anything out of the clothes basket because it had become, relatively, the cleaner thing?

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.