Starting a long way off the true point, and proceeding by loops and zigzags , we now and then arrive just where we ought to be.
George EliotMan may content himself with the applause of the world and the homage paid to his intellect, but woman's heart has holier idols.
George EliotBut most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves.
George EliotJoy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.
George Eliot