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Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.

The British love permanence more than they love beauty.

London is a roost for every bird.

Remember that you are an Englishman and consequently have won first prize in the lottery of life.

Rule Britannia Britannia rule the waves Britains never will be slaves.

The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

Though I love my country I do not love my countrymen.

The English may not like music but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

The young Cambridge group the group that stood for "freedom" and flannel trousers and flannel shirts open at the neck and a well-bred sort of emotional anarchy and a whispering murmuring sort of voice and an ultra-sensitive sort of manner.

His Majesty's dominions on which the sun never sets.

God save our Gracious King Long live our Noble King God save the King. Send Him victorious Happy and Glorious Long to rule over us God save the King.

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

Snobbery - the "pox Britannica"

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

England is the paradise of individuality eccentricity heresy anomalies hobbies and humours.

Whatever the rest of the world thinks of the English gentleman the English lady regards him apprehensively as something between God and a goat and equally formidable on both scores.

One matter Englishmen don't think in the least funny is their happy consciousness of possessing a deep sense of humour.

It seems to me that you can go sauntering along for a certain period telling the English some interesting things about themselves and then all at once it feels as if you had stepped on the prongs of a rake.