For a driver to be driven by somebody else is an ordeal, for there are only three types of drivers: the too fast, the timid and oneself..

when we travel, most of us take too much. I always work on the assumption that I'm going to take everything with me because I don't want the second w….

Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified..

The women sit, getting colder and colder, on a seat getting harder and harder, watching oafs, getting muddier and muddier..

Maturity gives us jealous eyes. We look with jealousy on the younger woman because she doesn't know as much now as we do, and, oh, what we could do w….

It is not done to let anybody be too happy. The moment two people seem to be enjoying one another's company, a good hostess introduces a third elemen….

When some people retire, it's going to be mighty hard to be able to tell the difference..

I have the perfect face for radio..

... for some of us life always comes C.O.D..

In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things. In the home the reverse is the case. This is why ladies are more….

a woman is not really dressed unless she is wearing a hat..

suppose you invest time and effort in designing a new image for yourself. You get home and your husband takes one look and screams, 'Was the other pe….

I am a living soap opera..

Be blind. Be stupid. Be British. Be careful..

England is the only civilised country in the world where it is etiquette to fall on the food like a wolf the moment it is served. Elsewhere it is com….

conformity has been a devastating thing. Its ill effects continue right to this day. Customers still look at the woman in the next chair and say, 'I'….

Committee meetings are always held at inconvenient times and usually take place in dark, dusty rooms the temperatures of which are unsuited to the hu….

On the whole, and providing one is in good spirits and feeling reasonably bright, it is not hard to converse for a short space of time on subjects ab….

Say something idiotic and nobody but a dog politely wags his tail..

There are some composers - at the head of whom stands Beethoven - who not only do not know when to stop but appear to stop many times before they act….