Bessie-isms:

*No one will exert more optimism regarding the weather than a golfer half way through a round of golf, when dark clouds appear on the horizon.

*People complain when their pets make a mess in the house. That seems pretty funny when you realize that two hundred years or less ago, they had goats, a cow and pigs sharing their small hut in the winter.

Quotable:

I refuse to admit to being more than fifty two even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

Lady Astor