George Eliot

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.