If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.

People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.

The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'.

If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.

Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Fancy giving money to the Government! Nobody will see the stuff again. Well, they've not idea what money's for- Ten to one they'll start another war. I've heard a lot of silly things, but, Lor'! Fancy giving money to the Government!

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.

This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade.