The cosy glow which had been enveloping the Duke became shot through by a sudden chill. It was as if he had been luxuriating in a warm shower bath, and some hidden hand had turned on the cold tap.

We do not tell old friends beneath our roof-tree that they are an offence to the eyesight.

the ice was not only broken; it was shivered into a million fragments

Alcohol is a misunderstood vitamin.

There's a sort of wooly headed duckiness about you. If I wasn't so crazy about Marmaduke, I could really marry you Bertie.

The storm is over, there is sunlight in my heart. I have a glass of wine and sit thinking of what has passed.

"After all, golf is only a game", said Millicent. Women say these things without thinking. It does not mean that there is any kink in their character. They simply don't realise what they are saying.