Every man who is not a monster, mathematician or a mad philosopher, is the slave of some woman or other.
Tag: George Eliot
But pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
Childhood has no forebodings, but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow.
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.
Wear a smile and have friends, wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.
Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.