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
There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration. – Lewis Carroll
Yet what are all such gaieties to me whose thoughts are full of indices and surds? – 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