A man in public life expects to be sneered at — it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself. – Charles Dickens
They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat. – Charles Dickens
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers. – Charles Dickens
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress. – Charles Dickens
The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. – Michel de Montaigne