Here is woe, a self and not the mask of woe. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Famous old houses seem to have an intuitive perception of the value of corner lots. If it is a possible thing, they always set themselves down on the most desirable spot.

Conservatism and respectability have their values, certainly; but has not the unconventional its values also?

The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.