So the idea that MPs today are a work-shy bunch of fraudsters, while back then they were high-minded public servants, is just rubbish: unfair, untrue and unhelpful.

And you may say in your innocence, "How noble is the one and how ignoble is the other."

At certain moments, that pure brow and that voluptuous smile presented a singular contrast.

She always tried to lead a virtuous life.

We look out the window and admire the elegance of ice crystal, the bravely patient tree leaning leafless into the wind, the dramatic shadows of the stooping sun.