If everybody minded their own business, the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, the world would go round a deal faster than it does. – Lewis Carroll
It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that whatever you say to them, they always purr. – Lewis Carroll
She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it). – Lewis Carroll
Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make ones own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude. – Henri Frederic Amiel