George Meredith

The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere. ”

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity. ”

There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by. ”

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl. ”

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life! ”

The well of true wit is truth itself. ”

She poured a little social sewage into his ears. ”

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered. ”

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power. ”

Speech is the small change of silence. ”