You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. – George Eliot
Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest. – George Eliot
To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy. – George Eliot
To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. – George Eliot