"Take nothing on its looks; take everything..." - Quote by Charles Dickens

“To a young heart everything is fun.”

“Marley was dead: to begin with.”

“"Madam," replied Mr. Micawber, "it is my intention to register such a vow on the virgin page of the future."”

“The only thing that will keep you from finding that which you seek is calling off the search.”

“Nonsense is nonsense whether it rhymes or not, just as bad half-pennies are good for nothing whether they jingle or lie quiet.”

“The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say 'recognize' because you're not... it's not new.”

“It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.”

“What of the old serpent who cannot shed his skin, and calls all others naked and shameless?”

“Their usual mistaken premise is that they affirm some consensus among people, at least among tame peoples, concerning certain moral principles, and then conclude that these principles must be unconditionally binding also for you and me-or conversely, they see that among different peoples moral valuations are necessarily different and infer from this that no morality is binding-both of which are equally childish.”