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

Quote by Charles Dickens

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

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

Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some...

Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some...

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days,...

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days,...

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

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.

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...

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door

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,...

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...

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

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

Credit is a system whereby a person who can't pay gets another person who can't...

Credit is a system whereby a person who can't pay gets another person who can't...

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at...

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at...

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone...

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone...

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there...

In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there...