Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?

The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.

However devoutly a girl may worship the man of her choice, there always comes a time when she feels an irresistible urge to haul off and let him have it in the neck.

The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.

Chumps always make the best husbands. All the unhappy marriages come from the husbands having brains.

Psmith is the only thing in my literary career which was handed to me on a plate with watercress round it, thus enabling me to avoid the blood, sweat and tears inseparable from an author's life.

the supply of the milk of human kindness was short by several gallons