An inexplicable impulse, foolish and unreasonable in its nature, may ephemerally appear to offer a sufficient excuse for your conduct; but there are duties imposed upon you which are incompatible with your regard for a poor girl such as I am.
"Louise de la Valliere"
Alexandre Dumas, Pere
Of course, sporadically and ephemerally, a man out of the impecunious and undistinguished mass may now and again find his way within the gates; and more frequently will a professed "Man of the People" sit in council.
"An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation"
Thorstein Veblen