- Richard Bellamy: [to Virginia about the British public school system] We're the only nation in the world that tears the male patrician child from the bosom of his family to be subjected to football, cold baths, and Latin infinitives at the tender age of eight.
- Ruby: [about Bert] Well, he do look comic in those clothes.
- Mrs. Bridges: [miffed] Comic! Do try lookin' at yourself in the mirror lately?