Although very few people are actually called upon to live in palaces a very large number are unwilling to admit the fact.

Eccentricity, to be socially acceptable, had still to have at least four or five generations of inbreeding behind it.

The boredom occasioned by too much restraint is always preferable to that produced by an uncontrolled enthusiasm for a pointless variety.

Architecture may be frozen music, but it melts.

A household where a total unawareness of the world of ideas not only existed but was regarded as a matter for congratulation.

Although very few people are actually called upon to live in palaces a very large number are unwilling to admit the fact.