What is it to be a gentleman? Is it to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Sure, occasion is the father of most that is good in us. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Mother is the name of God in the lips and hearts of children. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
If fathers are sometimes sulky at the appearance of the destined son-in-law, is it not a fact that mothers become sentimental and,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Only to two or three persons in all the world are the reminiscences of a man's early youth interesting: to the parent… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
When a mother, as fond mothers will; vows that she knows every thought in her daughter's heart, I think she pretends to… — 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
