"My message to the businessmen of this country when they go abroad on business is that there is only one thing above a…"

"The suggestion that the prime minister had been flirting with one of the senior women cabinet ministers made me laugh…"

"Abbreviations are the wheels of language, the wings of Mercury. And though we might be dragged along without them, it…"

"England, our native country, one of the most renowned monarchies in the world, against which the Pope beareth a speci…"

"The most high and absolute power of the realm of England consisteth in the parliament: for as in war where the king h…"

"To be short, the prince is the life, the head and the authority of all things that be done in the realm of England. A…"

"When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings."

"Darkness began to drink up the last cold light upon the mountainside."

"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them."

"In my early life, and probably even today, it is not sufficiently understood that a child's education should include …"