The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go she went

The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as good cooks go, she went.

We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart.

The young have aspirations that will never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened

His socks compelled one's attention without losing one's respect

The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally