Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm.
William Makepeace ThackerayIt is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute's delay or advance.
William Makepeace ThackerayKindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
William Makepeace Thackeray