So, Mr. Chadband-of whom the persecutors say that it is no wonder he should go on for any length of time uttering such abominable nonsense, but that the wonder rather is that he should ever leave off, having once the audacity to begin-retires into private life until he invests a little capital of supper in the oil-trade.
Charles DickensBut injustice breeds injustice; the fighting with shadows and being defeated by them necessitates the setting up of substances to combat.
Charles DickensWe know, Mr. Weller - we, who are men of the world - that a good uniform must work its way with the women, sooner or later.
Charles DickensSo does a whole world, with all its greatnesses and littlenesses, lie in a twinkling star. And as mere human knowledge can split a ray of light and analyse the manner of its composition, so, sublimer intelligences may read in the feeble shining of this earth of ours, every thought and act, every vice and virtue, of every responsible creature on it.
Charles Dickens