Charles Dickens

The air was so thick with dust, that it was impossible to see across the street.

It is a great thing to be a man of letters. It is a great thing to be a man of science. It is a great thing to be a man of business. But it is a greater thing to be a man of God.

The sun himself was in a state of mild astonishment, and seemed to have made up his mind to shine as little as possible.

The very air was a-quiver with the noise of the great city.

It is a good thing to be rich, and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.

There are few people, I believe, who have not a favorite child, or a favorite friend, or a favorite book, or a favorite flower, or a favorite anything.

I have been a good friend to you, and I have been a good master to you, and I have been a good husband to you, and I have been a good father to you, and I have been a good man to you.

The best way to get a good idea is to get a lot of ideas.

It is a great comfort to have a friend with whom you can think aloud.

The sun was red and fiery, and the sky was a deep, dark blue, and the stars were like diamonds scattered on a velvet cloth.

Please, sir, I want some more.

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

To whom it may concern: My dear Sir, I write to inform you that I am returning your letter, as I find it offensive and insulting.

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.