A man can well afford to be as bold as brass, my good fellow, when he gets gold in exchange!

Sadly, sadly, the sun rose; it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of their directed exercise, incapable of his own help and his own happiness, sensible of the blight on him, and resigning himself to let it eat him away.

Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.

"Why, what I may think after dinner," returns Mr. Jobling, "is one thing, my dear Guppy, and what I may think before dinner is another thing."

But, tears were not the things to find their way to Mr. Bumble's soul; his heart was waterproof.

Think! I've got enough to do, and little enough to get for it, without thinking.

A man must take the fat with the lean.