Quotes

"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars." ~ Howards End by E. M. Forster Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society. ~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen "Mr. Wickham is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his MAKING friends--whether he may be equally capable of RETAINING them, is less certain." ~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen "The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance." ~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen "A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment." ~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen "Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us." ~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen "I could easily forgive HIS pride, if he had not mortified MINE." ~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. ~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen "There's more work to be got out of one of those little beggars than out of a dozen of the force," Holmes remarked. "The mere sight of an official-looking person seals men's lips. These youngsters, however, go everywhere and hear everything. They are as sharp as needles, too; all they want is organization." ~ A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. ~ A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle