"It was understood that nothing of a..." - Quote by Charles Dickens

“Do the wise thing and the kind thing too, and make the best of us and not the worst.”

“A good thing can't be cruel.”

“If the law supposes that,' said Mr Bumble...' the law is an ass - an idiot.”

“People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.”

“A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.”

“Is virtue something that can be taught?”

“You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you down.”

“Marvellous, what ideas the young people have these days. But I don't believe a word of it.”

“If drumsticks are for playing drums, you would think that breadsticks would be for playing bread, wouldn't you? "Would you like some breadsticks?" "No, thank you, I don't play bread. I play drums. Perhaps I'll have a drum roll."”