Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is...

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is...

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar...

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar...

People hate as they love, unreasonably.

People hate as they love, unreasonably.

To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is...

To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is...

Bravery never goes out of fashion

Bravery never goes out of fashion

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking...

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking...

'Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment...

'Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment...

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted...

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted...

'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for...

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for...

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone...

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone...

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar...

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar...

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a...

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a...

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my...

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my...