Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.
Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea?
Comedies of manners swiftly become obsolete when there are no longer any manners.
It's no good pacing up and down. It won't make the plane arrive any faster. Just sit down and accept that we're delayed. You're just making a fool of yourself.
Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.
I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere.