Death is the only physician, the shadow of his valley the only journeying that will cure us of age and the gathering fatigue of years.

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

Half the sorrows of women would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless-nay, the speech they have resolved not to utter.

Primary (the LDS Church's Sunday school for children) is where you go to do with somebody else's mother the things you would do with your own mother if she weren't so busy teaching Primary.

All our ignorance brings us closer to death.

He was of an impressible nature, and lived a great deal in other people's opinions and feelings concerning himself.

I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot.