An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.

I'm going to make a long speech because I've not had the time to prepare a short one.

All dogs look up to you. All cats look down on you. Only the pig looks at you as an equal

In all the twelve years I was at school no one ever succeeded in making me write a Latin verse or learn any Greek except the alphabet.

There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.

It is a curious fact about British Islanders, who hate drill and have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, that as danger comes nearer and grows they become progressively less nervous; when it is imminent the are fierce, when it is mortal they are fearless.

Saving is a fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.