He’s such an extraordinarily brilliant person that it would be terrible if he let himself do nothing in the end.

Beer does not taste like itself unless it is chasing a dram of neat whisky down the gullet – preferably two drams.

Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen.

For me, one of the pleasures of cats company is their devotion to bodily comfort.

Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen

The only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided to become a domestic animal.

Beer does not taste like itself unless it is chasing a dram of neat whisky down the gullet - preferably two drams

Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them.

You are offered a piece of bread and butter that feels like a damp handkerchief and sometimes, when cucumber is added to it, like a wet one.

Alors, ma passion n'a pas d'échos en lui. Pour lui mon tragique amour n'est rien qu'un blasphème anormal. Oh, mon Carlo, mon Carlo, et toi, tu étais mon sang, ma chair! Comme je souffre! Grand dieu, comme je souffre!