The Devil knows what might come of it....

And I must also mention the teacher of history.

He's a learned man, that's plain; but he expresses himself with so much warmth that he loses control of himself.

I heard him once; well, so long as he was talking about the Assyrians and the Babylonians, it was all right; but when he got to Alexander of Macedon, I can't describe to you what came over him.

I thought there was a fire, by heavens! He jumped up from his seat, and dashed his chair down against the floor with all his might.