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

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

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

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

Architecture may be frozen music, but it melts..