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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write.
The History of Henry Esmond (1852)
Good humour may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society.
Sketches and Travels in London (1847)
I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
The Virginians (1857)
How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy!
The History of Pendennis (1848)
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. Some of us can't: and are proud of our impotence, too.
The History of Pendennis (1848)
Dick never thought that his bottle companion was a butt to aim at—only a friend to shake by the hand.
The History of Henry Esmond (1852)
As the gambler said of his dice, to love and win is the best thing, to love and lose is the next best.
The History of Pendennis (1848)
Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.
Roundabout Papers (1863)
It is impossible, in our condition of society, not to be sometimes a Snob.
The Book of Snobs (1848)
He who meanly admires mean things is a Snob.
The Book of Snobs (1848)
I think Steele shone rather than sparkled.
The History of Henry Esmond (1852)
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries!—what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
Lovel the Widower (1860)
When a man is in love with one woman in a family, it is astonishing how fond he becomes of every person connected with it.
The Virginians (1857)
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
The Virginians (1857)
We love being in love, that's the truth on't.
The History of Henry Esmond (1852)
Stupid people, people who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited.
Sketches and Travels in London (1847)
I set it down as a maxim that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
Sketches and Travels in London (1847)
Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders.
The Book of Snobs (1848)
There is no man that teaches us to be gentlemen better than Joseph Addison.
A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844)