There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.
A yawn is a silent shout.
. . . For friendship implies individuality; whereas comradeship really implies the temporary subordination, if not the temporary swamping of individuality. Friends are the better for being two; but comrades are the better for being two million.
Whatever the word "great" means, Dickens was what it means.
A tragedy means always a mans struggle with that which is stronger than man.
Surprise is the secret of joy.