After all, people may really have in them some vocation which is not quite plain to themselves, may they not? They may seem idle and weak because the… - George Eliot

It is good to be unselfish and generous; but don't carry that too far. It will not do to give yourself to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow-trade; you must know where to find yourself.

Jubal had a frame Fashioned to finer senses, which became A yearning for some hidden soul of things, Some outward touch complete on inner springs That vaguely moving bred a lonely pain, A want that did but stronger grow with gain Of all good else, as spirits might be sad For lack of speech to tell us they are glad.

Inclination snatches arguments
To make indulgence seem judicious choice.