Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
Of Dickens' style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules... No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.