Whatever the rest of the world thinks of the English gentleman, the English lady regards him apprehensively as something between God and a goat and equally formidable on both scores.

Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

English life is seventh-eighths below the surface, like an iceberg, and living in England for a year constitutes merely an introduction to an introduction to an introduction to it.

I was so embarrassed I could feel my nerves curling like bacon over a hot fire.

Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls.

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality

The attitude of the English towards English history reminds one a good deal of the attitude of a Hollywood director towards love.