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 lei...
The cosy glow which had been enveloping the Duke became shot through by a sudden chill. It was as if he had been luxuriating in a warm shower bath, and some hidden hand had turned on the cold tap.
The cheers of the multitude frequently act like a powerful drug upon young gentlemen with inferiority complexes.
The boy is of an outspoken disposition, and had made an opprobrious remark respecting my personal appearance.What did he say about your appearance?I have forgotten, sir, said Jeeves, with a touch of a...
Tell me, said Ashe gratefully, leaning forward in an attitude of attention, all about the lining of your stomach.
She has heard what a loony you are, and she seems to think it may be hereditary. I hope you are not like your uncle, she keeps saying, with a sort of brooding look in her eye.’ ‘You must have misunder...
She gave the impression of smiling with difficulty, possibly for fear of getting wrinkles.
She fitted into my biggest arm-chair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing arm-chairs tight about the hips that season.
Science, with a thousand triumphs to her credit, has not yet succeeded in discovering the correct reply for a young man to make who finds himself in the appalling position of being apologized to by a...
One of the many things Mike could never understand in Psmith was his fondness for getting into atmospheres that were not his own. He would go out of his way to do this. Mike, like most boys of his age...
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.
Much has been written on the subject of bed-books. The general consensus of opinion is that a gentle, slow-moving story makes the best opiate
Most of the Underhills came into the world looking as though they meant to drive their way through life like a wedge.
Love is a fever which, so to speak, drives off without wasting time on the address.
Lord Emsworth belonged to the people-who-like-to-be-left-alone- to-amuse-themselves-when-they-come-to-a-place school of hosts.
Like one kissed by a goddess in a dream, he walked on air; and, while one is walking on air, it is easy to overlook the boulders in the path.
Jeeves’ eyes had taken on the look of cautious reserve which you see in those of parrots, when offered half a banana by a stranger of whose bona fides they are not convinced.
In this life, you can choose between two courses. You can either shut yourself up in a country house and stare into tanks, or you can be a dasher with the sex. You can't do both.
In his normal state he would not strike a lamb. I’ve known him to do it’‘Do what?’‘Not strike lambs
I'm bound to say I was not feeling entirely at my ease. There is something about the man that is calculated to strike terror into the stoutest heart. If ever there was a bloke at the very mention of w...