There is no sorrow I have thought more about than that-to love what is great, and try to reach it, and yet to fail.
George Eliot... learning to love any one is like an increase of property, -- it increases care, and brings many new fears lest precious things should come to harm.
George EliotIgnorance ... is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with it.
George EliotWe have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one's life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.
George Eliot