“This phenomenon, where the losers of a revolution try to demonstrate their support for, and approval of, the changes that have destroyed them, always fascinates me.”

“To an outsider it seems a vital ingredient of many marriages that each partner should support the illusions of the other.”

“I don't mean to be rude'- always a precursor to rudeness of the most offensive sort”

“Constance: Tell me, what happened to William's little maid? I never saw her again after that dinner.Mary Maceachran: Elsie? -- She's gone.Constance: Oh, it's a pity, really. I thought it was a good idea to have someone in the house who is actually sorry he's dead.”

“Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that prevents a fourth joining them.”

“The longer one knows people the less relevant it becomes whether or not one liked them initially.”

“Their pretensions are naked and vulnerable and for that reason, to me at least, rather charming.”