THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality.

An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.

On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.

The man who is not afraid of danger is not a hero, but a psychopath.

You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.

I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are above average intelligence, hide this embarrassing fact.

The English are always ready to admire anything so long as they can queue up.

The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.

Her shoes were comfortable. They reflected her hope for the evening.

Never confuse efficiency with effectiveness.

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.

I will stand with Israel if they are attacked.

One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.

The thing I like about the band [Dead Child] is that there's no pretense. We aren't even trying to be artists or poets.

The idea of sitting in a booth, and having someone pay me to sign autographs, seems so gross to me.

If you choose to be Frankenstein with Botox and plastic surgery, you've bought your own private mask.

Each person should display her own particular gifts for study. For no one is safe who strives beyond her abilities; and thus it is safer to trust in reason than in men’s opinions.

Mediocre men sometimes fear great office, and when they do not aim at it, or when they refuse it, all that is to be concluded is that they are aware of their mediocrity.