675 Quotes by P. G. Wodehouse

Just as you say, sir. There is a letter on the tray, sir.” “By Jove, Jeeves, that was practically poetry. Rhymed, did you notice?

He had never measured a footprint in his life, and what he did not know about bloodstains would have filled a library.

Bayliss resumed reading. He was one of those readers who, whether their subject be a murder case or funny anecdote, adopt a measured and sepulchral delivery which gives a suggestion of tragedy and horror to whatever they read. At the church he attended, children would turn pale and snuggle up to their mothers when he read.

Presently, the cow’s audience-appeal began to wane. It was a fine cow, as cows go, but, like so many cows, it lacked sustained dramatic interest.

He was one of those earnest, persevering dancers – the kind that have taken twelve correspondence lessons.

A detective is only human. The less of a detective, the more human he is. Henry was not much of a detective, and his human.

Gussie opened his vaudeville career.

Fascination exists only in the imagination of the fascinated.

Until tonight I saw him only through the golden mist of love, and thought him the perfect man. This evening he revealed himself as what he really is – a satyr.