The Art of Biography
Is different from Geography.
Geography is about Maps,
But Biography is about Chaps."

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

Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered Sodium.

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

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