Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.

There's things to put up wi' in ivery place, an' you may change an' change an' not better yourself when all's said an' done.

That golden sky, which was the doubly blessed symbol of advancing day and of approaching rest.

Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us.

... the true seeing is within; and painting stares at you with an insistent imperfection.

It is difficult for woman to try to be anything good when she is not believed in.

Alas! the scientific conscience had got into the debasing company of money obligation and selfish respects.