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

Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

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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.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone...

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone...

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...

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...

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

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...

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

'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

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

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...

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.

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.

An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

Bravery never goes out of fashion

Bravery never goes out of fashion

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...

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.

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...

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.