Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

We've been trying to sell out for years. Problem is that no one was buying.

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

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

He has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.