I had been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who got drunk - and I would have liked to have the boozing scholars of the Universities wheeled into line and properly chastised for their squalid misuse of what I must ever regard as a gift of the gods.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

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

By noon it was clear that the Socialists would have a majority. At luncheon my wife said to me, 'It may well be a blessing in disguise.' I replied, 'At the moment it seems quite effectively disguised.'

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

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.