“There's nothing so heavy as books, sir--unless it's bricks.”

“I ought to write funny books. Life is really too horribly funny, but unless one`s an outsider looking on, it`s all such a bore.”

“There's nothing discreditable about jealousy, Mr Bendrix. I always salute it as the mark of true love.”

“If ash-trays could speak, sir.' 'Indeed, yes.”

“It's a strange thing to discover and to believe that you are loved when you know that there is nothing in you for anybody but a parent or a God to love.”

“There's only things, Blackie.”

“There's no such thing as gratitude in politics.”