Courtesy is not dead - it has merely taken refuge in Great Britain.
Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than themselves; those we loved were merely happy shadows.
It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely.
It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.
The desire for order is the only order in the world.
The man who has entered into a beautiful union is sure of at least one person to whom he can give the best that he possesses.