Cheerfulness means a contented spirit, a pure heart, a kind and loving disposition; it means humility and ~ charity, a generous appreciation… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
What, indeed, does not that word "cheerfulness" imply? It means a contented spirit, it means a pure heart, it means a kind… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Forgotten tones of love recur to us, and kind glances shine out of the past--oh so bright and clear!--oh so longed after!--because… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
There is a certain sort of man whose doom in the world is disappointment, who excels in it, and whose luckless triumphs… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
How grateful are we--how touched a frank and generous heart is for a kind word extended to us in our pain! The… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“To those great geniuses now in petticoats, who shall write novels for the beloved reader's children, these men and things will be as much… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Charming Alnaschar visions! it is the happy privilege of youth to construct you. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
