The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.

You Liberals think that goats are just sheep from broken homes.

Oh, it must be wonderful to be educated. What does it feel like?' 'It's like having an operation,' said Treece. 'You don't know you've had it until long after it's over.

On many American campuses the only qualification for admission was the ability actually to find the campus and then discover a parking space.