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

George Eliot

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

George Eliot

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

George Eliot

It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.”

George Eliot

Keep true. Never be ashamed of doing right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.

George Eliot

Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.

George Eliot

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

George Eliot

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

George Eliot

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.

George Eliot

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

George Eliot

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

George Eliot

It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted.

George Eliot