It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

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

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

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

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 book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their...

The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their...

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

'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...

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...

Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?

Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?

Humor is wit and love.

Humor is wit and love.

Bravery never goes out of fashion

Bravery never goes out of fashion

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

'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

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman

'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.

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

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.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of...

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of...