Samuel Smiles warned that taking care of the pennies should not come before taking care of living.

Statesmen promise to make the country a better place, but they never mention the one thing that would do some good.

Peoples of another culture or region will not long tolerate a Government that uses guns and soldiers to secure their obedience.

‘Alpha of the Plough’ wished that he had been born with the gift of a winning smile.

William Cobbett was delighted with one young woman’s protest against Mr Pitt’s ingenious ways of raising money.

Richard Cobden told an Edinburgh peace conference that the biggest threat to the United Kingdom’s security was her own foreign policy.