An empty sack cannot stand upright (1500-1750)
The poor Richards arise (1750-1776)
Thinking large (1776-1782)
The kings outfoxed (1782-1783)
Owning the wilderness (1783-1800)
For a nice little kingdom in Tuscany (1800-1803)
Everything he does is rapid as lightning (1803)
From motives of purest patriotism (1803-1823)
Big drunk wins the day (1820-1836)
Poking John Bull in the eye (1836-1847)
The lost virtue of their better days (1846-1850)
A wolf couldn't make a living on it (1850-1854)
The great white elephant sale (1854-1867)
Treachery in the tropics (1869-1902)
The so-called mandate of mankind (1903-1999).