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Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens)

(1812 – 1870) An English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. His novella, A Christmas Carol, is one of the most influential works ever written, and it remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre.

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

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

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match.

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

Do you spell it with a "V" or a "W"?' inquired the judge. 'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord'.

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.