Schoolmaster: But God, whatever else He is, and of course He is everything else, is not a fool. - Alan Bennett

He is interested in the feelings of the squash ball, and of the champagne bottle that launches the ship. In a football match his sympathy is not with either of the teams but with the ball, or, in a match ending nil-nil, with the hunger of the goalmouth.

Lady Dundown: How can the Zulu expect to be treated as civilized people if they declare war in the middle of the season!

I have no doubt that in heaven the angels will regard the blessed as a necessary evil.