Chances are, you have gone through a time of low mood, or even depression. Grief and loss, stress, physical changes, chemical imbalances—and even seasonal changes can lead to a dip in your mental ...

I've posted this list before, but I love it, so am supplying it again. I read it in a biography of the English writer Sydney Smith, in Hesketh Pearson’s The Smith of Smiths. In 1820, Smith wrote a ...