It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.
Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.
It is, of course, a trite observation to say that we live "in a period of transition." Many people have said this at many times. Adam may well have made the remark to Eve on leaving the Garden of Eden.