There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

It is very unfair to judge of any body’s conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation…

I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

I think we are drifting into deep waters where charts do not guide, and only the stars of faith and friendship can be trusted. If we lose those, we are lost indeed.

‘I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, sir,’ said Alice, ‘because I’m not myself, you see.’

All is in a man’s hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that’s an axiom. It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most…. But I am talking too much. It’s because I chatter that I do nothing. Or perhaps it is that I chatter because I do nothing.

I wanted to find out then and quickly whether I was a louse like everybody else or a man. Whether I can step over barriers or not… whether I am a trembling creature or whether I have the right…

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge.

I considered the being whom I had cast among mankind and endowed with the will and power to effect purposes of horror.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.