“For any happiness, even in this world, quite a lot of restraint is going to be necessary...”
“I do like the world quite a lot.”
“Was there any woman in the world quite like Nora? He was so glad she existed; even more glad there was only one of her.”
“She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read.”
“I'm perfectly happy to know the world at secondhand. It's a lot safer.”
“To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government; that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.”