“We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him
“Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed
“The greatest works are done by the ones. The hundreds do not often do much, the companies never; it is the units, the single individuals, that are the power and the might.
“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process