My religion of life is always to be cheerful.

- George Meredith

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

- George Meredith

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

- George Meredith

We are betrayed by what is false within

- George Meredith

We never know what's in us till we stand by ourselves.

- George Meredith

The debts we owe ourselves are the hardest to pay.

- George Meredith

Caricature is rough truth.

- George Meredith

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

- George Meredith

Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay.

- George Meredith