“It is so important to think for yourself.”

“He peered gloomily into a folio of maps. 'I always think Brazil is too big.”

“None of us like to think we are silly. But all must acknowledge that they are capable of silliness, from time to time”

“We always think we know what we want: when in truth there is nothing we are less likely to know.”

“It is painful to see someone suffering what you must be suffering- watching someone you love be so cruelly hurt.”

“The glitter of the great world, you know, is only so much froth and spume: you may look in vain for happiness there.”

“There can be few places more conducive to the quiet, solitary contemplation of melancholy thoughts than a window-seat; and if beyond the window-panes there is a steely vignette of November murk and withered twigs, so much the better.”