To be a saint is the exception; to be an upright man is the rule. Err, fall, sin if you will, but be upright.

“The provincial dandy wore the longest of spurs and the fiercest of mustaches.”

“With a remainder of that brotherly compassion which is never totally absent fro…”

“In becoming dirt, she has been turned to stone. To touch her is to feel a chill.”

“in diciannove anni Jean Valjean, l'inoffensivo potatore di Faverolles, grazie a…”