“As a rule from what I've observed the American Captain of Industry doesn't do anything out of business hours. When he has put the cat out and locked up the office for the night he just relapses into a state of coma from which he emerges only to start being a Captain of Industry again.”

“Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.”

“Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.”

“Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.”

“Flowers are happy things.”

“It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.”

“To find a man's true character, play golf with him.”

“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.”

“The butler entered the room a solemn procession of one.”

“Why don't you get a haircut you look like a chrysanthemum.”

“He looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say "when."”