Men and women make sad mistakes about their own symptoms, taking their vague uneasy longings, sometimes for genius, sometimes for religion, and oftener still for a mighty love.
George EliotIn spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.
George Eliottrouble always seems heavier when it is only one's thought and not one's bodily activity that is employed about it.
George EliotSane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.
George Eliot