David on England

“Hearts of oak are our ships, Jolly tars are our men, We always are ready, steady, boys, steady, We'll fight and will conquer again and again.”

“With lantern jaws, and cooking guy, See how the half-starved Frenchmen strut, And call us English dogs! But soon we'll teach these bragging foes, That beef and beer give heavier blows, Than soup and roasted frogs.”

“The search for wisdom in precedent flourished as if naturally among a people whom foreign observers at a later date have praised especially for its reliance upon tradition rather than upon those wide general theories which claim universal validity.”