I have no desire for an intellectual wife.

One is compelled to meet tiresome people, but one does not live with them if one can avoid it.' "'No,' he continued, reverting to his more natural tone; 'the more I think of Elizabeth the more clear it becomes to me that she is the one woman in the world for whom marriage with me is possible.

I perceive that to the superficial observer my selection must appear extraordinary.
I do not pretend to explain it, or even to understand it.

The study of mankind is beyond man.

Only fools attempt it.