Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.

It's been my experience, Charlotte, that the crisis never comes as or when you expect.

Rare indeed is the nature that does not become a little more intense when its own affairs come under discussion.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.

the strongest will is the will that knows how to bend.

In a world where England is finished and dead: I do not wish to live.