The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.

The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings.

Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part.

I am for peace, retrenchment and reform, the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty years ago.

I would prefer to have one comfortable room well stocked with books to all you could give me in the way of decoration which the highest art could supply.

We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad harvests, and some of our traders have suffered much from a too rapid extension in prosperous years.

In the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession.

England is the Mother of Parliaments

Training and development: The best development programmes change the way people see themselves

The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter.

The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter.

The body was an organic machine, period, and God was a figment of its fitful imagination.

If you endured the suffering, shall find the joy of overcoming any difficulty.

Mrs. Ewing was a short woman who accepted the obligation borne by so many short women to make up in vivacity what they lack in number of inches from the ground.

One of the foremost activities of the NSA's FAD, or Foreign Affairs Division, is to pressure or incentivize EU member states to change their laws to enable mass surveillance.

An Irishman's wife gave birth to twins. Her husband wanted to know who the other man was.

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

Busy replying to letters from divers office-seekers. They come by the dozens.

You just gotta go after things you like.

Any finish at Le Mans is great but every time I go to Le Mans my mission is to win.

The facts fairly and honestly presented; truth will take care of itself.