He Is One Of Those People Who

By Insisting On Having Your Bottle Pointing To The North When The Cork Is Being Drawn, And Calling The Waiter Max, You May Induce An Impression On Your Guests Which Hours Of Laboured Boasting Might Be Powerless To Achieve. For This Purpose, However, The Guests Must Be Chosen As Carefully As The Wine.

In Baiting A Mousetrap With Cheese, Always Leave Room For The Mouse.

A Relative Of Mine ... Spends His Time Producing Improved Breeds Of Sheep And Pigs And Chickens. So Patronising And Irritating To Teh Almighty, I Should Think.

Hating Anything In The Way Of Ill-natured Gossip Ourselves, We Are Always Grateful To Those Who Do It For Us And Do It Well.

Children Are Given Us To Discourage Our Better Emotions.