All honour and reverence to the divine beauty of form! Let us cultivate it to the utmost in men, women and children -- in our gardens and in our houses. But let us love that other beauty too, which lies in no secret of proportion but in the secret of deep human sympathy.
George EliotWomen should be protected from anyone's exercise of unrighteous power... but then, so should every other living creature.
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