The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

All bayonets are bad.

When you are lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is tabooed by anxiety, I conceive you may use any language you choose to indulge in without impropriety.

I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.

For duty, duty must be done; The rule applies to everyone.