A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a little patronage more so. |
"Merry Christmas!" said Scrooge. "What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough." |
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. |
It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away. |
My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. |
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. |
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. |
It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. |
We need never be ashamed of our tears. |
Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are! |