The Americans, of course, are quite dotty with hospitality.

I read all the books I could find about manners, and the extraordinary thing was, in all books up to the end of the Second World War, most were directed at how to comport yourself in the presence of the ladies.

You don't have to deal with anyone in America. They accept you the way you are.

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.

The court was not previously aware of the prisoner's many accomplishments. In view of these, we see fit to impose the death penalty.

The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.

I was beaten up wherever I went, and people shouted at me and cursed me and threw things at me.