People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.

Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs.

Trust your instincts. If you have no instincts, trust your impulses.

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.

I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

It's never too early for a cocktail.

Here ends the story of a ship, but there will always be other ships, for we are an island race. Through all our centuries, the sea has ruled our destiny. There will always be other ships and men to sail in them. It is these men, in peace or war, to whom we owe so much. Above all victories, beyond all loss, in spite of changing values in a changing world, they give to us, their countrymen, eternal and indomitable pride.