I don't know if I can live on my income or not - the government won't let me try it.

It's not that Good doesn't triumph over Evil, it's that the point spread is too small.

Money talks — but credit has an echo.

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.

If income tax is the price you have to pay to keep the government on its feet, alimony is the price we have to pay for sweeping a woman off hers.

If the government is prepared to top up your income even if you opt out of the state scheme then you may as well take up this lump sum. It will not cost you anything to do so.