So long as you progress fast enough it seems a matter of indifference to him whether you are progressing to the stars or the devil.

So his house is filled with an endless succession of literary and political fashions; men who wear long hair because it is romantic; men who wear short hair because it is medical; men who walk on their feet only to exercise their hands; and men who walk on their hands for fear of tiring their feet.

But though the inhabitants of his salons are generally fools, like himself, they are almost always, like himself, good men.

I am really surprised to see a criminal enter there." "My good fellow," I said firmly, striking my foot on the pavement, "the truth of this affair is very simple.

To use your own eloquent language, you have the 'slight disadvantage' of being off your head.