Correct English is the slang of prigs.

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

I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean.

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

History repeats itself.

My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy.

How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice.