George Eliot
  • Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

  • Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

  • I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

  • You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

  • The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.