Charles Dickens

"I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time."

"A loving heart is the truest wisdom."

"Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused - in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened - by the recurrence of Christmas."

"Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true."

"Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!"

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

"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."

"That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society."

"The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none."

"The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you."

"The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother."

"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast."

"There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth."