"It will be horribly uncomfortable for them sometimes, but if they are brave, clever children, as they will be, I dare say it'll make remarkable people of them in the end.

Robert Browning used to say that every great man has Jewish blood in him, and we must try to look at it in that light.

And, after all, Cyril has acted on principle.

One may disagree with his principle, but, at least, one can respect it--like the French Revolution, or Cromwell cutting the King's head off.

Some of the most terrible things in history have been done on principle," she concluded.
"I'm afraid I take a very different view of principle," Cousin Caroline remarked tartly.
"Principle!" Aunt Celia repeated, with an air of deprecating such a word in such a connection.