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

You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound.

One of the drawbacks to life is that it contains moments when one is compelled to tell the truth.

There was a sound in the background like a distant sheep coughing gently on a mountainside. Jeeves sailing into action.

From my earliest years I had always wanted to be a writer. It was not that I had any particular message for humanity. I am still plugging away and not the ghost of one so far, so it begins to look as though, unless I suddenly hit mid-season form in my eighties, humanity will remain a message short.

Bertie," he said, "I want your advice." "Carry on." "At least, not your advice, because that wouldn't be much good to anybody. I mean, you're a pretty consummate old [prat], aren't you? Not that I want to hurt your feelings, of course." "No, no, I see that." "What I wish you to do is put the whole thing to that fellow Jeeves of yours, and see what he suggests.

His eyes were rolling in their sockets, and his face had taken on the colour and expression of a devout tomato. I could see he loved like a thousand bricks.