"A little man often cast a long shadow." — G. M. Trevelyan

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.