Whatever be the origin of their nobility and the antiquity of their houses, they go arm in arm, without any disputes as to precedence.

The names of Orsini, Colonna, and Sforza, are jumbled together in the family of a former _domestique de place_.

The son of a baker marries the daughter of a Lante de La Rovere, granddaughter of a Prince Colonna, and a Princess of Savoie-Carignan.

There is no fear that the famous quarrel of the princes and dukes, which so roused the indignation of our stately St.Simon, will ever be repeated among the Roman aristocracy.
To what purpose should it be, gracious Heavens! Don't they well know--dukes and princes--that they are all alike inferior to the shabbiest of the cardinals?
The day that a Capuchin receives the red hat, he acquires the right to splash the mud in their faces as he rides past in his gilded coach.
In all monarchical States, the king is the natural head of the nobility.

The strongest term that a gentleman can make use of, in alluding to his house, is that it is as noble as the King.