I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
William Makepeace ThackerayIt is all very well for you, who have probably never seen any spiritual manifestations, to talk as you do; but if you had seen what I have witnessed you would hold a different opinion.
William Makepeace ThackerayIf people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!
William Makepeace ThackeraySince the days of Adam, there has been hardly a mischief done in this world but a woman has been at the bottom of it.
William Makepeace Thackeray