Sir William said he never spoke of 'madness'; he called it not having a sense of proportion. Autor: Virginia Woolf Copy Quote More from Virginia Woolf “Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than …” “I told you in the course of this paper that Shakespeare had a sister; but do no…” “Heaven be praised for solitude!” “Such fools we are, she thought, crossing Victoria Street. For Heaven only knows…”