He is a great master of gibes and flouts and jeers

There were some boos and jeers about what we did. But it did not only mean we got the result we needed; it meant everyone got a spectacle when there otherwise would not have been one. After England's success this summer, the crowds need to see good games of county cricket.

Pray remember, Mr Dean, no dogma, no Dean.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.