The making of miracles to edification was as ardently admired by pious Victorians as it was sternly discouraged by Jesus of Nazareth. Not that the Victorians were unique in this respect. Modern writers also indulge in edifying miracles though they generally prefer to use them to procure unhappy endings, by which piece of thaumaturgy they win the title of realists.

Of all devils let loose in the world there is no devil like devoted love.

Learning and literature have a way of outlasting the civilization that made them.

Advertise, or go under.

There is no solution to death.Life intends to kill us.

There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited.

The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth.