Quotes

"The universe," he observed, "makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid." ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens "We thought that, perhaps," said I, hesitating, "it is right to begin with the obligations of home, sir; and that, perhaps, while those are overlooked and neglected, no other duties can possibly be substituted for them." ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens "A word in earnest is as good as a speech." ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens "Art is not imitation, but illusion." ~ Christie Johnstone by Charles Reade The fortunate man is he who, born poor, or nobody, works gradually up to wealth and consideration, and, having got them, dies before he finds they were not worth so much trouble. ~ Christie Johnstone by Charles Reade It was the women's tribute to the war. It taxes both alike, and takes the blood of the men, and the tears of the women. ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Time is a very bankrupt, and owes more than he's worth to season.
Nay, he's a thief too: have you not heard men say
That Time comes stealing on by night and day? ~ The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare It is thyself, mine own self's better part;
Mine eye's clear eye, my dear heart's dearer heart;
My food, my fortune, and my sweet hope's aim,
My sole earth's heaven, and my heaven's claim. ~ The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare The venom clamours of a jealous woman
Poisons more deadly than a mad dog's tooth. ~ The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare For slander lives upon succession,
For ever hous'd where it gets possession. ~ The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare