We have no right to come forward and urge wider changes for good, until we have tried to alter the evils which lie under our own hands.
George EliotIgnorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen to do more harm.
George EliotHobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be run away with. We must keep the reins.
George Eliot