Quotes by

P.G. Wodehouse

The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured coziness. – P.G. Wodehouse

I’m not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it’s Shakespeare who says that it’s always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping. – P.G. Wodehouse

Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove. – P.G. Wodehouse

She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say “when.” – P.G. Wodehouse

Do men who have got all their marbles go swimming in lakes with their clothes on? – P.G. Wodehouse

Cats as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by that fact that in Ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. – P.G. Wodehouse

The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of butterflies in the adjoining meadows. – P.G. Wodehouse

Alcohol is a misunderstood vitamin. – P.G. Wodehouse

There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine. – P.G. Wodehouse