"There are not a few among the..." - Quote by Charles Dickens

“Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it?”

“Above all, one hideous figure grew as familiar as if it had been before the general gaze from the foundations of the world - the figure of the sharp female called La Guillotine. It was the popular theme for jests; it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented hair from turning gray, it imparted a peculiar delicacy to the complexion, it was the National Razor which shaved close: who kissed La Guillotine looked through the little window and sneezed into the sack.”

“Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself.”

“The fact that you are giving money to charity does not mean that you neednot try to find out whether that charity is a fraud or not.”

“The only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. Our charities should pinch and hamper us. If we live at the same level of affluence as other people who have our level of income, we are probably giving away too little.”

“Peace, like charity, begins at home.”

“No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars.[Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur plagas.]”

“People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a musical is dancing in their hearts.”

“A politician is just like a pickpocket; it's almost impossible to get him to reform.”