I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.

The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.

Poor fellow, he suffers from files.

He brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer afternoon at a cricket match.

Virtue is its own punishment.

Soon, if we are not prudent, millions of people will be watching each other starve to death through expensive television sets

Why should I question the monkey when I can question the organ grinder.