I have no self-respect. But can a man of acute sensibility respect himself at all?

“Aus dem dämmrigen Dunkel der Nacht trat eine feste, schwarze Masse von Gebäuden…”

“Their favourite phrase! From which it follows that, if society is normally orga…”

“And then there's another snag you keep coming across: such decent and sensible …”

“Oh, you may be sure that Columbus was happy not when he had discovered America,…”