It was one of those parties where you cough twice before you speak and then decide not to say it after all.

What I'm worrying about is what Tom is going to say when he starts talking." "Uncle Tom?" "I wish there was something else you could call him except 'Uncle Tom,' " Aunt Dahlia said a little testily. "Every time you do it, I expect to see him turn black and start playing the banjo.

Back horses or go down to Throgmorton Street and try to take it away from the Rothschilds, and I will applaud you as a shrewd and cautious financier. But to bet at golf is pure gambling.

Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This makes them prone to set themselves up as critics and censors of the frail and erring human beings whose lot they share.

He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.

We must always remember, however,' said Psmith gravely, 'that poets are also God's creatures.

This is peculiarly an age in which each of us may, if he do but search diligently, find the literature suited to his mental powers.