- I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us. »
- The law is sic a ass - a idiot. »
- 'A merry Christmas, uncle God save you' cried a cheerful voice. 'Bah' said Scrooge. 'Humbug' »
- There is always something for which to be thankful. »
- Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. »
- Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest. »
- Then Bob proposed 'A Merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us' Which all his family re-echoed. 'God bless us every one' said Tiny Tim, the last of all. »
- A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a sheet of paper. »
- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all doing direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. »
- Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks. »
- Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. »
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