“But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-''Are all very well for common people.”

“Conventional Wisdom" is certainly not wisdom, and only is conventional because foolishness is so common today.”

“You know," he said to his mother, "I don't want to belong to the well-to-do middle class. I like my common people best. I belong to the common people." - Sons and Lovers”

“CoMMOn SeNSe iS nOt sO cOmMOn aMoNg coMMon pEOPLe...”

“Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions.”

“I have had some experiences with love, or think I have, anyway, although the ones I have liked best could easily be described as "common decency". I treated somebody well for a little while, or even for a tremendously long time, and that person treated me well in return. Love need not have anything to do with it. (...)Love is where you find it. I think it is foolosh to go looking for it, and I think it can often be poisonous.I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, "Please - a little less love, and a little more common decency".”