Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. – George Eliot
Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare ones self to do without it. – George Eliot
I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved. – George Eliot
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. – George Eliot
Stuart was an early riser: he was almost always the first person up in the morning. He liked the feeling of being the first one stirring; he enjoyed the quiet rooms with the books standing still on the shelves, the pale light coming in through the windows, and the fresh smell of day. – E.B. White, Stuart Little, 1945