Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking.
George EliotThese fellow-mortals, every one, must be accepted as they are: you can neither straighten their noses, nor brighten their wit, nor rectify their dispositions; and it is these people-amongst whom your life is passed-that it is needful you should tolerate, pity, and love: it is these more or less ugly, stupid, inconsistent people whose movements of goodness you should be able to admire-for whom you should cherish all possible hopes, all possible patience.
George EliotIt is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
George Eliot