“He was one of those capital M Men.”
“let us call on M. de Monte Cristo; he is admirably adapted to revive one's spirits, because he never interrogates, and in my opinion those who ask no questions are the best comforters.”
“He's definitely one of those men you love before you get to know.”
“Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.”
“He was one of those rare men who are capable of being fully in love only once in their lives.”
“He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old.”