

“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.”
― My Man Jeeves
― My Man Jeeves

“She was heading for the piano, and something told me that it was her intention to sing old folk songs, a pastime to which, as I have indicated, she devoted not a little of her leisure. She was particularly given to indulgence in this nuisance when her soul had been undergoing an upheaval and required soothing, as of course it probably did at this juncture.
My fears were realized. She sang two in rapid succession, and the thought that this sort of thing would be a permanent feature of our married life chilled me to the core.”
― Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
My fears were realized. She sang two in rapid succession, and the thought that this sort of thing would be a permanent feature of our married life chilled me to the core.”
― Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

“One more toot--just one single, solitary suggestion of the faintest shadow or suspicion of anything remotely approaching a toot--and may the Lord have mercy on your soul.”
― Very Good, Jeeves!
― Very Good, Jeeves!

“You can't press your suit and another fellow's trousers simultaneously.”
― The Mating Season
― The Mating Season

“Suiffy, have you ever felt a sort of strange emptiness in the heart? A sort of aching void of the soul?'
'Oh, rather!'
'What do you do about it?'
'I generally take a couple of cocktails.”
― Doctor Sally
'Oh, rather!'
'What do you do about it?'
'I generally take a couple of cocktails.”
― Doctor Sally
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