I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness

Quote by Charles Dickens

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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...

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

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 are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

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...

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words...

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words...

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until...

In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until...

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...

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,...

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

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

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,...

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

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...

Let me feel now what sharp distress I may

Let me feel now what sharp distress I may

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

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.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want...

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want...

For wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with...

For wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with...