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.

Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.

oh how television diminishes everything.

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.

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

People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.