"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast"
"The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons"
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
"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"
"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other"
"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 day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self"
"A boy's story is the best that is ever told"
"The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you"
