Dickens, Charles: A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man. (Charles Dickens: English writer and social critic, regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, 1812-1870) Categories: GENDER, LOVE

Dickens, Charles: A word in earnest is as good as a speech. (Charles Dickens: English writer and social critic, regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, 1812-1870) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Dickens, Charles: Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it. (Charles Dickens: English writer and social critic, regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, 1812-1870) Categories: APPEARANCE, DISHONESTY

Dickens, Charles: He had but one eye, and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of. two. (Charles Dickens: English writer and social critic, regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, 1812-1870) Categories: PERCEPTION, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Dickens, Charles: Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. (Charles Dickens: English writer and social critic, regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, 1812-1870) Categories: CRYING, TEARS

Dickens, Charles: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. (Charles Dickens: English writer and social critic, regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, 1812-1870) Categories: DESPAIR, HOPE

Dickens, Charles: Life is made of ever so many partings welded together. (Charles Dickens: English writer and social critic, regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, 1812-1870) Categories: LIFE, PARTINGS, SEPARATION

Dickens, Charles: No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. (Charles Dickens: English writer and social critic, regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, 1812-1870) Categories: ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT

Dickens, Charles: Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. (Charles Dickens: English writer and social critic, regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, 1812-1870) Categories: SOLITUDE