Jack Curran’s career as a defender of victims of political prejudice got off to a stuttering start.

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.

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

Edmund Burke begged the clergy of England to give us all a break from the twenty-four-hour news cycle.

Edmund Burke urged Englishmen not to congratulate the French revolutionaries on their new-found liberty until they knew what they would do with it.