There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

Art is to beauty what honor is to honesty.

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.

The cat does more for the war effort than you do. He acts as a hot-water bottle and saves fuel and power.

I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.

His name is Rufus II-but the II is silent.