What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.

Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

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I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

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...

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...

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

Certain opuscules, denominated 'Christmas Books,' with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration,...

Certain opuscules, denominated 'Christmas Books,' with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration,...

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking...

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking...

Bravery never goes out of fashion

Bravery never goes out of fashion

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...

'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

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...

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.

We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are...

We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are...

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.

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...

People hate as they love, unreasonably.

People hate as they love, unreasonably.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.