I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.
Edmund BurkeThe perfection of conversation is not to play a regular sonata, but, like the AEolian harp, to await the inspiration of the passing breeze.
Edmund BurkeHe only deserves to be remembered by posterity who treasures up and preserves the history of his ancestors.
Edmund Burke