What is man that his welfare be considered? An ape who chatters of kinship with the archangels while he very filthily digs for groundnuts. And yet I perceive that this same man is a maimed God. He is condemned under penalty to measure eternity with an hourglass and infinity with a yardstick and what is more, he very nearly does it.

In religious matters a traveller loses nothing by civility.

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

Love, I take it, must look toward something not quite accessible, something not quite understood.

No person of quality ever remembers social restrictions save when considering how most piquantly to break them.

Thou shalt not offend against the notions of thy neighbor.

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.