I do not admire people who are wise after the event. I would rather be impaled on the other horn of the dilemma and be called one of the "I told you so's."

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

It is a very fine thing to refuse an invitation, but it is a good thing to wait till you get it first.

The first maxim of English jurisprudence is that complainers should come into Court with clean hands.

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

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.'