The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes.
George EliotQuarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
George EliotThe vainest woman is never thoroughly conscious of her beauty till she is loved by the man who sets her own passion vibrating in return.
George Eliot