EPIGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3854, 24 January 1928, Page 73

EPIGRAMS.

There's nothing so upsetting as being taken by surprise. '

Now doesn't matter —it’s only the future that matters.

Tears are wonderfully comforting sometimes.

The baseness you see in others is nothing but the reflection of your own soul.

We can never judge ourselves—it’s silly to try.

Romance is all very well in its place, but not when you allow it to stand between you and your heart’s desire.

Love is more important than pride. I sang in London, not' ver • successfully. They expected me to 1 » naughty all the time—being French. “ I always thought the English a very proper nation.” “ Not theatrically—their drama is extremely coarse. Really those Elizabethans! ”

No one Eas a right to be romantic after a certain age. Life is nothing but a game of seesaw. One is either up or down. I have been down for years. . • Fate never gives second chances.

“Who was William Shakespeare?.’’ “ A poet who was clever enough to persuade his own countrymen that he was only a playwright.” ‘ Duelling is for hot-tempered youth, not disgruntled fniddle age, and it's a ridiculous habit, anyhow.

“ You’d disturb a saint.” “ That can only be proved when I meet one.”

—Noel Coward's new play, “The Marquise” (Bennc).