Quotes by Charles Dickens

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Dont trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week if there is anything to be got by it.

I have known him (Micawber) come home to supper with a flood of tears and a declaration that nothing was now left but a jail and go to bed making a calculation of the expense of putting bow-windows to the house in case anything turned up which was his favorite expression.

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

Once a gentleman always a gentleman.

This is a world of action and not for moping and droning in.

Umble we are umble we have been umble we shall ever be.

If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.

If the law supposes that said Mr. Bumble the law is a ass a idiot.

One always begins to forgive a place as soon as its left behind.

Its over and cant be helped and thats one consolation as they always say in Turkey when they cut the wrong mans head off.

Time is the greatest and longest-established spinner of all. ... His factory is a secret place his work noiseless and his hands are mutes.

He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favour of two.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when hes well dressed. There aint much credit in that.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many-not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

Secret and self-contained and solitary as an oyster.

Minds like bodies will often fall into a pimpled ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

It was as true said Mr. Barkis ... as taxes is. And nothings truer than them.

It was as true said Mr. Barkus as taxes is. And nothing is truer than them.

I believe that Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen.