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

Quote by Charles Dickens

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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...

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels...

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels...

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

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

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy...

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy...

In love of home, the love of country has its rise.

In love of home, the love of country has its rise.

It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to...

It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to...

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

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

Give us kinder laws to bring us back when we're a-going wrong and don't set...

Give us kinder laws to bring us back when we're a-going wrong and don't set...

A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he...

A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he...

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,...

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.

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of...

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of...

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you...

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you...

There were times when he could not read the face he had studied so long,...

There were times when he could not read the face he had studied so long,...

It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in...

It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in...

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside...

May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside...

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...