You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course.

I took you out to dinner to warn you of charm. I warned you expressly and in great details of the Flyte family. Charm is the great English blight. It does not exist outside these damp islands. It spots and kills anything it touches. It kills love; it kills art; I greatly fear, Charles, it has killed you. Anthony Blanche to Charles

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

The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.

An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.

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