Quote of the Day (Humorist P.G. Wodehouse, on How Fate Strikes)

“I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping.”—British humorist P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975), Carry On, Jeeves (1925)

(The image accompanying this post comes from the 1990s British TV series Jeeves and Wooster, starring a pre-House Hugh Laurie as the clueless wealthy bachelor Bertie Wooster--the kind of fellow forever feeling that Fate "sneaks up behind him"--and Stephen Fry as his indispensable valet Jeeves.)

Quote of the Day (P.G. Wodehouse, Showing No Man Is a Hero to His Valet)

“ ‘Oh, Jeeves,' I said; 'about that check suit.'
‘Yes, sir?'
‘Is it really a frost?'
‘A trifle too bizarre, sir, in my opinion.'
‘But lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is.'
‘Doubtless in order to avoid him, sir.'
‘He's supposed to be one of the best men in London.' ‘I am saying nothing against his moral character, sir.’"—P.G. Wodehouse, “Jeeves Takes Charge,” in The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology (Everyman’s Library Edition, 2007)