Whether with steel or with words, he was a master of fence; and if at times some one got under his guard, that some one knew it not.

To let your enemy see that he has hit you is to give him confidence.

He saw humor where no one else saw it, and tragedy where it was not suspected.

He was one of those rare individuals who, when the opportunity of chance refuses to come, makes one.
"Germany and Austria are great countries," he mused, lighting a cigar.
"Every hundredth man is a king, one in fifty is a duke, every tenth man is a prince, and one can not take a corner without bumping into a count or a baron.

Even the hotel waiters are disquieting; there is that embarrassing atmosphere about them which suggests nobility in durance vile.