We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.

He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.

This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.

Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.