Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

Quote by Charles Dickens

Topics: Mind Quotes

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.

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.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

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

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

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

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

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.

'Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby.

'Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby.

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning...

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning...

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to...

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to...

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many...

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many...

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...

His wardrobe was extensive--very extensive--not strictly classical perhaps, not quite new, nor did it contain...

His wardrobe was extensive--very extensive--not strictly classical perhaps, not quite new, nor did it contain...

In love of home, the love of country has its rise.

In love of home, the love of country has its rise.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

We are so very 'umble.

We are so very 'umble.

When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he...

When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he...