Quotes from Charles Dickens

“If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.”

“I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.”

“Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.”

“Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.”

“That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity’s small change in general society.”

“Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.”

“A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.”

“We need never be ashamed of our tears.”

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”

“Ask no questions and you’ll be told no lies.”

“There is a wisdom of the head and wisdom of the heart.”

“One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it’s left behind.”

“Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman.”