Charles Dickens

"There is no substitute for hard work"

"Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence"

"As good as gold"

"Mankind is my business"

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and keep it all the year"

"The lion may come, but I doubt he's coming tonight"

"Life is to be lived, not merely endured"

"An amazing mystery and a priceless treasure"

"The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity"

"I have stood aside to let him pass when he has gone before me"

"Our national advantages are passing into the hands of those who know nothing of them"

"Have a little consideration for yourself"

"The bell that rings in the heart of every true gentleman"

"Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength"

"Minds are not alike, no more than faces"

"If we expect to stop injustice, we must stand against it firmly"

"Every traveller has a home of his own"

"The most worthwhile knowledge is that which teaches us how to live"

"Quiet thoughts mend the world"

"Change comes to all things, whether we will it or not"

"We are spirits of another sort"

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life"

"He felt as if his heart were full to bursting"

"The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation"

"Such is the influence of habit"

"Fair weather friends may abound when fortune smiles"

"The first step in any battle is vision"

"All that glitters is not gold"

"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up that makes us rich"

"The whole social fabric depends upon mutual tolerance"