Charles Dickens

"The love of one's country should never be bought or sold"

"In every human heart there dwells a spark of divinity"

"The greatest wealth is a contented mind"

"Life without love is like a year without summer"

"Beauty and wisdom are often found in unexpected places"

"The only true failure is in not attempting to try"

"Dreams are the window through which we see our true selves"

"Let the creative spirit never be suppressed or forgotten"

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done"

"The child is father of the man"

"Reflect upon your present blessings"

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

"It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, it is an exercise for the whole frame"

"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow"

"I have never seen the usefulness of doing anything by halves"

"May not the complaint, that common people are liars, apply to ourselves"

"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be"

"There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated"

"The most important thing is the mission"

"Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth"

"There is nothing so strong or safe in an embryo state as virtue"

"Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well"

"We are not merely making up these facts; they are crushingly real"

"The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself"

"Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families"

"Remind me to be merry"

"The poor are not specimens for the scientist to observe"

"Love will make a man do extraordinary things"

"Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs"