“My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being.”

“My character is self-important, poorly informed, well-intentioned but an idiot, ... So we said, `Let's give him a promotion.”

“…there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary.”

“Things should look right, Fun; there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary”

“My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Healthcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being.”

“ Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary. ”