Every man has three characters — that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. – Alphonse Karr
Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else. – Alphonse Karr
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns I am thankful that thorns have roses. – Alphonse Karr
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick—but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow. Let the gardener sweep and sweep the turf as he will, and press the leaves into full barrows, and wheel them off, still they lie ankle-deep. – Charles Dickens, Bleak House