A dull speaker, like a plain woman, is credited with all the virtues, for we charitably suppose that a surface so unattractive must be compensated by interior blessings.
Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.
Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there.
An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected.
An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.
If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.