Some time ago," he said, "--how long it seems! -- I remember saying to a young friend of mine of the name of Spiller, 'Comrade Spiller, never confuse the unusual with the impossible.' It is my guiding rule in life.

It is true of course, that I have a will of iron, but it can be switched off if the circumstances seem to demand it.

One of the Georges - I forget which - once said that a certain number of hours´ sleep each night - I cannot recall at the moment how many - made a man something which for the time being has slipped my memory.

Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.

I'm bound to say that New York's a topping place to be exiled in. Everybody was awfully good to me, and there seemed to be plenty of things going on, and I'm a wealthy bird, so everything was fine.

It's not that I don't trust you, Dunstable, it's simply that I don't trust you.

It is fatal to let any dog know that he is funny, for he immediately loses his head and starts hamming it up.