Charles Dickens

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable.

I never talk about my wife: we’re both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.

My dad used to say, ‘You wouldn’t worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.

Relationships are truly like a garden, if you tend it, water it, weed it and feed it, it will grow into a beautiful garden. If you only go out there every few weeks to look it over for a few moments, what do you think it’s going to look like in a few months? It’s going to be a weed patch. It will disappear.

Relationships don’t thrive because the guilty are punished, but because the wounded are merciful.

Strong relationships are the key.

I don’t understand how in my parents’ age, it was ’til death do us part, and in mine it’s ’til cheating do us part, ’til lying do us part, ’til chemistry do us part, ’til disagreements do us part, ’til boredom do us part, ’til cowardice do us part. I just want what my parents have, that part.

Women prefer men who have something tender about them – especially the legal kind.

A lot of people believe what other people say.

My boyfriend and I live together, which means we don’t have sex-ever. Now that the milk is free, we’ve both become lactose intolerant.

If I go into a club now, all the blonde girls leave my corner and all the black girls come into my corner. It’s as if I’m racist towards white girls!

I probably didn’t handle things as diplomatically as I should.

I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.

Of the delights of this world, man cares most for sexual intercourse. He will go to any length for it-risk fortune, character, reputation, life itself.

I have had young fascinations but never love.