Come forward, some great marshal, and organize equality in society, and your rod shall swallow up all the juggling old court gold-sticks
William Makepeace ThackerayWe know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make . . . pure spirits more pure.
William Makepeace ThackerayIn effective womanly beauty form is more than face, and manner more than either.
William Makepeace Thackeray