Always remember, children, that marriage is a very intimate relationship. It's not just sitting and chatting to a person; there are other things, you know.

I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing.

In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.

A typical Irish dinner would be: cream flavored with lobster, cream with bits of veal in it, green peas and cream, cream cheese, cream flavored with strawberries.

And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.

To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.

One thing about tourists is that it is very easy to get away from them. Like ants they follow a trail and a few yards each side of that trail there are none.