An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.
Keep making the movements of life.
Until you try, you don't know what you can't do.
Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.
do you think it is better to be clever than to be good?” “Good for what?” asked the Doctor. “You are good for nothing unless you are clever.