We are apt to think it the finest era of the world when America was beginning to be discovered, when a bold sailor, even if he were wrecked, might alight on a new kingdom.
George EliotWe have all our secret sins; and if we knew ourselves we should not judge each other harshly.
George EliotFew things hold the perception more thoroughly captive than anxiety about what we have got to say
George EliotThere is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
George Eliot