Quotes
"It was as true," said Mr. Barkis, "as turnips is. It was as true," said Mr. Barkis, nodding his nightcap, which was his only means of emphasis, "as taxes is. And nothing's truer than them."
Formalities, formalities, must not be neglected in civilized society.
It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.
Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.
It is a hopeless endeavour to attract people to a theatre unless they can be first brought to believe that they will never get in.
Young men not being as a class remarkable for modesty or self-denial, especially when there is a lady in the case, when, if they colour at all, it is rather their practise to colour the story, and not themselves.
With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other.
Anythin' for a quiet life, as the man said wen he took the sitivation at the lighthouse.
WE know, Mr. Weller—we, who are men of the world—that a good uniform must work its way with the women, sooner or later.
It was a satisfactory thing to hear that the old gentleman was going to lead a new life, for it was pretty evident that his old one would not last him much longer.
There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.
Ven you’re a married man, Samivel, you’ll understand a good many things as you don’t understand now; but vether it’s worth goin’ through so much, to learn so little, as the charity-boy said ven he got to the end of the alphabet, is a matter o' taste.
