"There are some things in the world that a man cannot know, and ought not to know, if he could."

"Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature."

"I am not a believer in the wisdom of crowds."

"I think that the best thing a man can do is to try to make the best of everything."

"I have been so beset, and so worried, and so torn by the anxiety of this new book, that I have been made ill by it."