Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.
Charles Dickens Quotes
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
In love of home, the love of country has its rise.
Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
Men and women danced together, women danced together, men danced together, as hazard had brought them together. At first, they were a mere storm of coarse red caps and coarse woollen rags; but, as they filled the place, and stopped to dance about Lucie, some ghastly apparition of a dance-figure gone raving mad arose among […]
“Repining is of no use, Ma’am,” said Ralph. “Of all fruitless errands, sending a tear to look after a day that is gone, is the most fruitless.
“It’s always best on these occasions to do what the mob do.” “But suppose there are two mobs?” suggested Mr. Snodgrass. “Shout with the largest,” replied Mr. Pickwick.
Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it […]
Credit is a system whereby a person who can’t pay gets another person who can’t pay to guarantee that he can pay.
