Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.
The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.
The most entertaining surface on earth is the human face.
Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse.
Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.