Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be.
Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.
I never cared who scored the goal, or which side won the silver cup. I never learned to bat or bowl; but I heard the curtain going up.
The higher the building the lower the morals.
Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt And frequently mortgaged to the hilt Is inclined to take the gilt Off the gingerbread, And certainly damps the fun Of the eldest son.