As if the ray which travels from the sun would reach me sooner than the man who blacks my boots.
William Makepeace ThackerayPray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm.
William Makepeace ThackerayIt is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
William Makepeace ThackerayWhen a man is in love with one woman in a family, it is astonishing how fond he becomes of every person connected with it.
William Makepeace ThackerayThis Bouillabaisse a noble dish is - A sort of soup or broth, or brew, Or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes, That Greenwich never could outdo; Green herbs, red peppers, mussels, saffron, Soles, onions, garlic, roach, and dace; All these you eat at Terre's tavern, In that one dish of Bouillabaisse.
William Makepeace Thackeray