Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.

Needless to say, they refused to submit to the Empire, conducting such a persistent guerrilla war that the Romans gave up hope of conquering Scotland, and the Wee Free Men remained both wee and free.

Making money isn't something to be ashamed of. There's a feeling now that if you have money you must have got it by some kind of shady dealing or being an MP.

Are you a devious, plotting, unreliable madman? Ah, good, then you can be my most trusted advisor.

You can't find a hermit to teach you herming, because of course that rather spoils the whole thing.

You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol.

Questions don't have to make sense, Vincent," said Miss Susan. "But answers do.