What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables.
William Makepeace ThackerayOh, those women! They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts.
William Makepeace ThackerayAs an occupation in declining years, I declare I think saving is useful, amusing and not unbecoming. It must be a perpetual amusement. It is a game that can be played by day, by night, at home and abroad, and at which you must win in the long run. . . . What an interest it imparts to life!.
William Makepeace Thackeray