Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry' is a aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being treated like an Indian widow.
Nancy MitfordGreece is not a country of happy mediums: everything there seems to be either wonderful or horrible.
Nancy MitfordAnd Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.
Nancy MitfordEnglish doctors have killed 3/4 of my friends & the joke is the remaining 1/4 go on recommending them, so odd is human nature.
Nancy Mitford