George Eliot

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.

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.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular read more

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.