For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no.

Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.

The male - I have found - is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.

I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.

Youve simply got to go on and on with your family and friends and tell them how much you love them because you never know whether theyll be there tomorrow, do you?

At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down.

I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.

If you feel compelled to give a New Year's Eve party, don't invite people to arrive too early or they'll go off the boil before midnight.

People who can write a book usually do.

I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969.

And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready.

Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, -Wait and hope.

Geoff’s arm emanated with a solid warmth I longed for after our days aboard S.S. British-Craphole.

It's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it.

It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.

Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.

Left-handers have more enthusiasm for life. They sleep on the wrong side of the bed, and their head gets more stagnant on that side.

The royal kingcup bold Dares not don his coat of gold.

You're a dead man, Arratay," Jerrel said through clenched teeth. Halt smiled. "That's been said before. Yet here I am.

What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.

There are two things losers say: 'I can't do it' and 'I can't afford it.