“It is those who injure women who get the most kindness from them.” — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“... I regularly frequent St. George';s, Hanover Square, during the genteel marriage season; and though I have never seen the bridegroom's male… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Indeed, for my own part, though I have been repeatedly told by persons for whom I have the greatest respect, that Miss… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes. Only let us be thankful that the… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, "Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin That never has known the barber's shear, All your wish is woman to win, This… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Almost all women will give a sympathizing hearing to men who are in love. Be they ever so old, they grow young… — 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