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

Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and...

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and...

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it

'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...

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.

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my...

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my...

Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand

Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar...

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar...

I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year

I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong

Follow your honest convictions and be strong

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.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for...

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for...

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.

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.

It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.

Ah vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of fate are, How very weak the...

Ah vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of fate are, How very weak the...

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a...

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a...

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than...

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than...