Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the first beam of the sun, which lights grim care and stern reality on their daily pilgrimage through the…

Quote by Charles Dickens

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We forge the chains we wear in life

We forge the chains we wear in life

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.

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...

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever...

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever...

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;...

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;...

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.

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;...

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;...

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

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

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

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

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,...

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature....

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature....

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper;...

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper;...

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon...

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon...

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that...

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that...

Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees

Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the...

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the...