Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to work for him.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

—Dorothy L. Sayers

The worst sin—perhaps the only sin—passion can commit, is to be joyless.

—Dorothy L. Sayers

Books… are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.

—Dorothy L. Sayers

We may argue eloquently that "honesty is the best policy." Unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously ceases to be honesty.

—Dorothy L. Sayers

Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?

—Kelvin Throop III

Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.

—Lillian Gordy Carter

There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.

—Judith Martin

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.

—Evan Esar