People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.#William Makepeace Thackeray
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking...#William Makepeace Thackeray
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?#William Makepeace Thackeray
It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.#William Makepeace Thackeray
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than...#William Makepeace Thackeray
If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and...#William Makepeace Thackeray
I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.#William Makepeace Thackeray
