“In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappe...”

“Miss Jenkyns wore a cravat, and a little bonnet like a jockey-cap, and altogether had the appearance of a strong-minded woman; although she would have despised the modern idea of women being equal ...”

“My father was a man, and I know the sex pretty well.”

“A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly better than always doubting and doubting and seeing difficulties and disagreeables in everything.”

“My father once made us," she began, "keep a diary, in two columns; on one side we were to put down in the morning what we thought would be the course and events of the coming day, and at night we w...”

“Many a one has been comforted in their sorrow by seeing a good dish come upon the table.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“[A] quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.")”

“Learning how to stand on your own feet and avoid leaning on somebody's shoulder will literally help you to sharpen your knife in this era.”

“Life demands more thinking than remembering.”

“Reasoning is the mental tool that use to think with”

“People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will d...”