"It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without."

"The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds."

"Never tell everything you know. It's a good way to lose friends."

"To care passionately for another human creature brings always more sorrow than joy; but at the same time, Elinor, one would not be without experience. Anyone who has never really loved has never reall…"

"It is my experience that no one, in the course of conversation, can fail to give themselves away sooner or later. Everyone has an irresistible urge to talk about themselves."