I get my exercise being a pallbearer for those of my friends who believed in regular running and calisthenics.

The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

The world today is ruled by harassed politicians absorbed in getting into office or turning out the other man so that not much room is left for debating the great issues on their merits

Keep calm and carry on.

The Times is speechless, and takes three columns to express its speechlessness.