"Edward the Confessor Slept under the dresser. When that began to pall, He slept in the hall."

"It was a weakness of Voltaire's To forget to say his prayers, And one which to his shame He never overcame."

"When their lordships asked Bacon How many bribes he had taken He had at least the grace To get very red in the face."

"The art of Biography Is different from Geography. Geography is about maps, But Biography is about chaps."

"Sir Christopher Wren Said, "I am going to dine with some men. If anyone calls Say I am designing St. Paul's.""

"John Stuart Mill, By a mighty effort of will, Overcame his natural bonhomie And wrote "Principles of Political Economy.""

"What I like about Clive Is that he is no longer alive. There is a great deal to be said For being dead."

"Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely? When the scheming, indomita…"

"'Many young women of twenty-six in these days could face such an ordeal, I suppose. I have observed a sort of imitati…"

"Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium."