"Dr Johnson is the only conversationalist who triumphs over time."

"To be a good diarist, one must have a little snouty, sneaky mind."

"For seventeen years, he did nothing at all but kill animals and stick in stamps."

"The Dell, (Bodnant Garden) is the most extensive, most varied and most tasteful piece of planting I have ever seen. I…"

"Nye Bevan dies at 4.15 in the afternoon. I regret the loss of this splendid coloured figure and a great parliamentari…"

"Kennedy reminds me of Lindbergh and I suspect him of wishing to have a tough foreign policy and to worry about presti…"

"Besides the darkness of the night, many minor shadows cross our paths, making the hues of Life obscure. These are not…"

"Many argue that the is inhumane, that meat is expensive, that it contains uric acid, that it may be tubercular, and s…"

"Hallie Eustace Miles ... The daughter of the of , Hallie Killick married the sportsman and writer in 1906. Together w…"

"In a certain sense, many of us mutilate the mind and render it impotent, for there is in the nature of man an irresis…"