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Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Oh Sammy, Sammy, vy worn't there a alleybi!

Source: (Mr Weller) Pickwick Papers,...

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Charles Dickens: I'm Gormed -...

Charles Dickens: I'm Gormed -...

I'm Gormed - and I can't say no fairer than that!

Source: (Mr Peggotty) David...

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Charles Dickens: It was a...

Charles Dickens: It was a...

It was a maxim with Foxey - our revered father, gentlemen - 'Always suspect everybody'.

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Charles Dickens: Meaty jelly, too,...

Charles Dickens: Meaty jelly, too,...

Meaty jelly, too, especially when a little salt, which is the case when there's ham, is mellering to the...

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Charles Dickens: Oh the nerves,...

Charles Dickens: Oh the nerves,...

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures...

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Charles Dickens: Barkis is willin'....

Charles Dickens: Barkis is willin'....

Barkis is willin'.

Source: David Copperfield, Ch. 5
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7...

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Charles Dickens: Such is hope,...

Charles Dickens: Such is hope,...

Such is hope, heaven's own gift to struggling mortals, pervading, like some subtle essence from the skies, all things...

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Charles Dickens: Electric communication will...

Charles Dickens: Electric communication will...

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another...

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Charles Dickens: A man in...

Charles Dickens: A man in...

A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elewated sitiwation, and not of...

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Charles Dickens: Anythin' for a...

Charles Dickens: Anythin' for a...

Anythin' for a quiet life, as the man said wen he took the sitivation at the lighthouse.

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Charles Dickens: Every baby born...

Charles Dickens: Every baby born...

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

Source: Nicholas...

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Charles Dickens: Yes I have...

Charles Dickens: Yes I have...

Yes I have a pair of eyes,' replied Sam, 'and that's just it. If they was a pair o' patent double million magnifyin'...

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Charles Dickens: Grief never mended...

Charles Dickens: Grief never mended...

Grief never mended no broken bones, and as good people's wery scarce, what I says is, make the most on...

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Charles Dickens: I have known...

Charles Dickens: I have known...

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that...

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Mark Twain: An Englishman is...

Mark Twain: An Englishman is...

An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things...

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Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a...

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Mark Twain: Truth is the...

Mark Twain: Truth is the...

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Source: Following...

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Mark Twain: By hard, honest...

Mark Twain: By hard, honest...

By hard, honest labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and shaved it down till the average is three...

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E M Forster: Those who prepared...

E M Forster: Those who prepared...

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of...

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Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to...

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