Charles Dickens — "I am not a man who has any great respect for the law, when the law is a ass."

"I am a most uncompromising enemy of the present system of administering the poor-laws."

"I don't believe in the perfectibility of the human race."

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

"It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and good for a man's digestion, to know that his wife is comfortable and well taken care of; and there is nothing like a comfortable wife, to make a man comfort…"

"I think that the best thing a man can do is to try to make the best of everything."