How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy! Pendennis. Book ii. Chap. xxxi.
William Makepeace ThackerayDare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
William Makepeace ThackerayAre not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?
William Makepeace Thackeray