Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead," said Scrooge. "But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change.
Charles DickensShe had gained a reputation for beauty, and (which is often another thing) was beautiful.
Charles DickensYou fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
Charles DickensMy advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
Charles Dickens