"The most satisfactory thing about common sense is that one can act on it without waiting for others to get round to it.

But we weren't talking of those who would rather be ignorantly envied than intelligently happy.

We were talking of your mother." "Mother was content with her mode of life until you put these 'advanced' ideas into her head." "'Advanced' is hardly the word," said Madelene.

"They used to be her ideas--always have been, underneath.

If it weren't that she is afraid of hurting your feelings, she'd not hesitate an instant.