“There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears,” said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, “tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones.” ~ The Pickwick Papers
Quotes
Quadruped lions are said to
Quadruped lions are said to be savage, only when they are hungry; biped lions are rarely sulky longer than when their appetite for distinction remains unappeased. ~ Nicholas Nickleby
“You see,” said Mr. Toots,
“You see,” said Mr. Toots, “what I wanted in a wife was – in short, was sense. Money, Feeder, I had. Sense I – I had not, particularly.” ~ Dombey and Son
“Vether it’s worth goin’ through
“Vether it’s worth goin’ through so much, to learn so little, as the charity-boy said ven he got to the end of the alphabet, is a matter o’ taste.” ~ The Pickwick Papers
“Well, well!” said my aunt.
“Well, well!” said my aunt. “I only ask. I don’t depreciate her. Poor little couple! And so you think you were formed for one another, and are to go through a party-supper-table kind of life, like two pretty pieces of confectionery, do you, Trot?” ~ David Copperfield
“As I think I told
“As I think I told you once before,” said I, “it is you who have been, in your greed and cunning, against all the world. It may be profitable to you to reflect, in future, that there never were greed and cunning in the world yet, that did not do too much, and overreach themselves. It is as certain as death.” ~ David Copperfield
Lawyers hold that there are
Lawyers hold that there are two kinds of particularly bad witnesses–a reluctant witness, and a too-willing witness. ~ The Pickwick Papers
“Barkis is willin’.”
“Barkis is willin’.” ~ David Copperfield
“Open that bundle, old Joe,
“Open that bundle, old Joe, and let me know the value of it. Speak out plain. I’m not afraid to be the first, nor afraid for them to see it. We knew pretty well that we were helping ourselves before we met here, I believe. It’s no sin. Open the bundle, Joe.” ~ A Christmas Carol
“Hope to the last!” said
“Hope to the last!” said Newman, clapping him on the back. “Always hope; that’s dear boy. Never leave off hoping; it don’t answer. Do you mind me, Nick? it don’t answer. Don’t leave a stone unturned. It’s always something, to know you’ve done the most you could. But, don’t leave off hoping, or it’s of no use doing anything. Hope, hope, to the last!” ~ Nicholas Nickleby
