Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.
I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none. Use this quote
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. Use this quote
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. Use this quote
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart. Use this quote