For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught.

The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it off for fear of Political Economy.

History is not what you think. It is what you can remember.

It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not.

"I want to be a lawn." Greta Garbo.

British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone spent his declining years trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question; unfortunately, whenever he was getting warm, the Irish secretly changed the Question.

The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).