'Do you really think I shall admit that I'm not their equal'; he seemed to be saying, 'or that I've got to give up anything, especially life ?' "We may live to their age, perhaps," pursued Jolyon, "but self-consciousness is a handicap, you know, and that's the difference between us.

We've lost conviction.

How and when self-consciousness was born I never can make out.

My father had a little, but I don't believe any other of the old Forsytes ever had a scrap.

Never to see yourself as others see you, it's a wonderful preservative.