However obscure a man may apparently be, his example to others inevitably shapes the future of his country.

It is not educational institutions and methods that advance science or the arts, but people.

An aristocratic statesman was choked with emotion as he reflected on Britain’s creative social mobility.

Benjamin Disraeli did not make a promising start to his Parliamentary career - but he did start with a promise.

The great Dr Johnson argues that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

William Pitt the Elder doubts the wisdom of letting experts run the country.