The ball is man's most disastrous invention, not excluding the wheel.
Show me the man who has enjoyed his schooldays and I will show you a bully and a bore.
If in the paddock the owner is surrounded by a herd of young children, don't back his horse. But if the owner is accompanied by a beautiful lady, plunge to the hilt.
If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.
The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.
We are articulate, but we are not particularly conversational. An Englishman won't talk for the sake of talking. He doesn't mind silence. But after the silence, he sometimes says something.