Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

Quote by Charles Dickens

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

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...

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;...

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their...

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their...

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

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...

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple...

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple...

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;...

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

We forge the chains we wear in life

We forge the chains we wear in life

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

What is meant by a knowledge of the world is simply, an acquaintance with the...

What is meant by a knowledge of the world is simply, an acquaintance with the...

He'd make a lovely corpse.

He'd make a lovely corpse.

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.

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.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.