“Long experience has taught me that in England nobody goes to the theatre unless he or she has bronchitis.”

“New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.”

“The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it.”

“Long experience has taught me that in England nobody goes to the theatre unless he or she has bronchitis.”

“I don't know very much but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to argue about it…My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made. ”