The originality of a subject is in its treatment.
I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.
All Paradise opens! Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music!
The eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs.
Never take anything for granted.
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.