I had considered how the things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished.
CHARLES DICKENSI had considered how the things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished.
CHARLES DICKENSOne should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.
CHARLES DICKENSCheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.
CHARLES DICKENSThere was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery.
CHARLES DICKENSOnce a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
CHARLES DICKENSA man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.
CHARLES DICKENSTime and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.
CHARLES DICKENSNature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.
CHARLES DICKENSFor not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent’s love.
CHARLES DICKENSNever close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.
CHARLES DICKENSA word in earnest is as good as a speech.
CHARLES DICKENSTrue love believes everything, and bears everything, and trusts everything.
CHARLES DICKENSA day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.
CHARLES DICKENSThe shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed.
CHARLES DICKENSA heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted.
CHARLES DICKENSCome, let’s be a comfortable couple and take care of each other! How glad we shall be, that we have somebody we are fond of always, to talk to and sit with.
CHARLES DICKENS