Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.

Quote by Charles Dickens

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He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its...

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its...

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order,...

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order,...

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those...

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those...

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

Love is a crazy thing. It sucks and is totally overrated.

Love is a crazy thing. It sucks and is totally overrated.

Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who...

Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who...

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words...

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words...

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind...

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind...

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many...

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many...

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

The business of the law is to increase the business of the law

The business of the law is to increase the business of the law

Gold, for the instant, lost its luster in his eyes, for there were countless treasures...

Gold, for the instant, lost its luster in his eyes, for there were countless treasures...

Love is two minds of one heart having a conversation without either having the need...

Love is two minds of one heart having a conversation without either having the need...

Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is...

Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is...