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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An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at...

Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at...

It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and...

It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and...

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...

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...

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart...

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart...

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...

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...

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning...

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning...

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.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

'Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby.

'Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby.

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;...

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 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;...

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little...

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little...

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...

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

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

Lord change my appetite, my desire, my wants and make me life you Lord.

Lord change my appetite, my desire, my wants and make me life you Lord.

Fasting deprives us of things that are not good so we can have enough appetite...

Fasting deprives us of things that are not good so we can have enough appetite...