Charles Dickens — "I have no patience with people who are always complaining about everything."

"I have always been of the opinion that the best way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."

"He was a good-looking man, and a good-for-nothing man."

"I am always deeply interested in the subject of public executions, and think that the great number of persons whom they attract, derive a salutary horror and warning from the spectacle."

"I have always been a great admirer of the wisdom of the ancients, and I have always been of the opinion that there is a great deal to be learned from them."

"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts."