“Too many cooks spoil the broth”

“It is possible to read too many novels. Henry Tileny, Northanger Abbey”

“I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.”

“The more the merrier. Too many cooks spoil the broth of destruction.”

“Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber; it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of. There is so little real friendship in the world! – and unfortunately' (speaking low and tremulously) 'there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late.”

“There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.”

“Varnish and gilding hide many stains.”