We forge the chains we wear in life.

Quote by Charles Dickens

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Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past...

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past...

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he...

A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he...

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to...

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to...

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

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

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

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

That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the...

That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the...

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels...

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels...

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple...

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple...

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

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.

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little...

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little...

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...

May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise...

May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise...

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...

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...

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There...

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There...

Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.

Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.