A man can well afford to be as bold as brass, my good fellow, when he gets gold in exchange!
Charles DickensTroubles are exceedingly gregarious in their nature, and flying in flocks are apt to perch capriciously.
Charles Dickens"Well," said my aunt, "this is his boy - his son. He would be as like his father as it's possible to be, if he was not so like his mother, too."
Charles Dickens