“It is well for a man to respect his own vocation, whatever it is, and to think himself bound to uphold it and to claim for it the respect it deserves.”Charles Dickens
“In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected.”Charles Dickens
“I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.”Charles Dickens
“Many merry Christmases, many happy New Years. Unbroken friendships, great accumulations of cheerful recollections and affections on earth, and heaven for us all.”Charles Dickens
“Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better that they should fail than you.”Charles Dickens
“If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face.”Charles Dickens
“The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.”Charles Dickens
“All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.”Charles Dickens
“Nothing is discovered without God's intention and assistance, and I suppose every new knowledge of His works that is conceded to man to be distinctly a revelation by which men are to guide themselves.”Charles Dickens
“We changed again, and yet again, and it was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me.”Charles Dickens
“Reflect upon your present blessings - of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”Charles Dickens
“Be natural, my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art.”Charles Dickens
“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”Charles Dickens
“We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live misfortune down, Trot!”Charles Dickens
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”Charles Dickens
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried than before — more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”Charles Dickens
“What an immense impression Paris made upon me. It is the most extraordinary place in the world!”Charles Dickens
