Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.

Quote by Charles Dickens

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

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

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

We are so very 'umble.

We are so very 'umble.

Eccentricities of genius.

Eccentricities of genius.

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

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

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Yes! you are the ruin--the ruin--the ruin--of me. I have no resources in myself, I...

Yes! you are the ruin--the ruin--the ruin--of me. I have no resources in myself, I...

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations

We forge the chains we wear in life

We forge the chains we wear in life

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There...

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There...

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the...

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the...

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can...

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can...

Drink with me, my dear, said Mr. Weller. Put your lips to this here tumbler,...

Drink with me, my dear, said Mr. Weller. Put your lips to this here tumbler,...

No one acts more foolishly than a wise man in love.

No one acts more foolishly than a wise man in love.

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at...

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at...

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

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...