His premises are neatly arranged, and his conclusions are perfectly calculable." Yet for the man on whose character he so freely exercised his wit Bernard Longueville had a strong affection.

It is nothing against the validity of a friendship that the parties to it have not a mutual resemblance.

There must be a basis of agreement, but the structure reared upon it may contain a thousand disparities.

These two young men had formed an alliance of old, in college days, and the bond between them had been strengthened by the simple fact of its having survived the sentimental revolutions of early life.

Its strongest link was a sort of mutual respect.