He thinks investment trusts should be viewed as long-term lockaways, which can be held almost indefinitely, so he steers clear of more aggressively managed trusts.

When virtual hand grasps an object, the hand will inevitably shake slightly. The judgment rules allow this kind of shaking slightly, avoiding misrelease.

He flatters himself that he has a good voice.

Hoary, yet haughty, frowns the oak, / Its boughs by weight of ages broke; / And towers erect, in sable spire, / The pine-tree scathed by lightning fire; […]