Dombey and Son

"I want to know what it says," he answered, looking steadily in her face. "The sea Floy, what is it that it keeps on saying?"

He’s tough, ma’am,—tough is J. B.; tough and devilish sly.

…not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent’s love.

"Wal'r, my boy," replied the Captain, "in the Proverbs of Solomon you will find the following words, 'May we never want a friend in need, nor a bottle to give him!' When found, make a note of."

"Time was," he said, "when it was well to watch even your rising little star, and know in what quarter there were clouds, to shadow you if needful. But a planet has arisen, and you are lost in its light."

Cows are my passion.

If you could see my legs when I take my boots off, you'd form some idea of what unrequited affection is.

The bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.

... vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!