He was of an impressible nature, and lived a great deal in other people's opinions and feelings concerning himself.
George EliotI've been turning it over in after-dinner speeches, but it looks awkward-it's not what people are used to-it wants a good deal of Latin to make it go down.
George EliotWhen one is five-and-twenty, one has not chalk-stones at one's finger-ends that the touch of a handsome girl should be entirely indifferent.
George Eliot