“ A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man. Charles Dickens
“ In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong. Charles Dickens
“ That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause… Charles Dickens
“ Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art.(Last words, according to Dickens's obituary in .) Charles Dickens
“ Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens
“ Mrs Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her clenliness more umcomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself. Cleanliness is next to godliness, and some people do the s… Charles Dickens
“ It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. Charles Dickens
“ In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected.(, 1853) Charles Dickens
“ Calamity with us, is made an excuse for doing wrong. With them, it is erected into a reason for their doing right. This is really the justice of rich to poor, and I protest against it because it is so… Charles Dickens
“ Such is the influence which the condition of our own thoughts, exercises, even over the appearance of external objects. Men who look on nature, and their fellow-men, and cry that all is dark and gloom… Charles Dickens
“ So, I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me. Charles Dickens
