News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead.

Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in 'Old Maid'; the player who is finally left with it has lost.

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.

All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief.