Excessive literary production is a social offense.
From George Eliot
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.
Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.
The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?
Breed is stronger than pasture.
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