His wardrobe was extensive--very extensive--not strictly classical perhaps, not quite new, nor did it contain any one garment made precisely after the fashion of any age or time, but everything was more or less spangled; and what can be prettier…

Quote by Charles Dickens

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The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can...

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can...

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

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...

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...

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Eccentricities of genius.

Eccentricities of genius.

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...

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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 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 not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation,...

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation,...

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

The water of the fountain ran, the swift river ran, the day ran into evening,...

The water of the fountain ran, the swift river ran, the day ran into evening,...

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.