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Stupid people, who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited; that is, ungentle, uncharitable, unchristian.
Sketches and Travels in Londonm : Mr. Brown's Letters to His Nephew (1856)
If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
The Virginians (1857)
'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
The History of Henry Esmond (1852)
Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
Lovel the Widower (1860)
People hate, as they love, unreasonably.
The Newcomes (1854)
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; and to forgo even ambition when the end is gained — who can say this is not greatness?
The Virginians (1857)
Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them—almost all women;—a vast number of clever, hard-headed men.
Roundabout Papers (1863)
If there is a verity in wine, according to the old adage, what an amiable-natured character Dick's must have been! In proportion as he took in wine he overflowed with kindness.
The History of Henry Esmond (1852)
The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is for ever in a passion.
The Virginians (1857)
If you will fling yourself under the wheels, Juggernaut will go over you, depend upon it.
The Book of Snobs (1848)
Since the days of Adam, there has been hardly a mischief done in this world but a woman has been at the bottom of it.
The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844)
That which we call a Snob, by any other name would still be Snobbish.
The Book of Snobs (1848)
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?
The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.
The Newcomes (1854)
We see flowers of good blooming in foul places.
The History of Pendennis (1848)
Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
The Virginians (1857)
No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
It is to the middle class we must look for the safety of England.
Four Georges (1860)
Remember, it is as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.