I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.

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.

I am MacWonder one moment and MacBlunder the next.

You will find the Americans much as the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more idle, with more unspoiled virtues but also more corrupt.

The only quality needed for an MP is the ability to write a good letter.

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.