A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.

Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, which I've practised for many years.

I've never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing.

A few years ago, everybody was saying we must have more leisure, everyone's working too much. Now everybody's got more leisure time they're complaining they're unemployed. People don't seem to make up their minds what they want.

A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment.

This could only happen in a technical college.

I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world.