"One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I am unable at the moment to remember, in one of his works, which for the time being has slipped my mind, which hits off admirably this age-old situation."
"As for Gussie Finknottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming on sight."
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
"In a series of events, all of which had been a bit thick, this, in his opinion, achieved the maximum of thickness."
"She looked away. Her attitude seemed to suggest that she had finished with him, and would be obliged if somebody would come and sweep him up."
"There is only one cure for grey hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine."