The history of England is emphatically the history of progress.

And broader still became the blaze, and louder still the din, And fast from every village round the horse came spurring in.

Never allow yourself to get caught without a loose million handy.

He [John Hampden] knew that the essence of war is violence, and that moderation in war is imbecility.

Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography.Boswell was one ofthesmallest menthat ever lived and he has beaten them all.

The history of England is emphatically the history of progress.

Every man who has seen the world knows that nothing is so useless as a general maxim.