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019478e To love and win is the best thing inspirational William Makepeace Thackeray
8901af7 Be cautious then, young ladies; be wary how you engage. Be shy of loving frankly; never tell all you feel, or (a better way still), feel very little. See the consequences of being prematurely honest and confiding, and mistrust yourselves and everybody. Get yourselves married as they do in France, where the lawyers are the bridesmaids and confidantes. At any rate, never have any feelings which may make you uncomfortable, or make any promises.. vanity-fair William Makepeace Thackeray
1431f43 Them's my sentiments. William Makepeace Thackeray
ea40618 The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors. William Makepeace Thackeray
f435d86 Stupid people, people who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited. William Makepeace Thackeray
c0d091c Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for any one who dies. William Makepeace Thackeray
3b2a4ef Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you. William Makepeace Thackeray
3e5a1df How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy! William Makepeace Thackeray
dad2500 I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year. William Makepeace Thackeray
643bd4e Thus love makes fools of all of us, big and little William Makepeace Thackeray
ac6d7a8 Yes, I am a fatal man, Madame Fribsbi. To inspire hopeless passion is my destiny. William Makepeace Thackeray
db73413 Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman. William Makepeace Thackeray
fce6840 'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel. William Makepeace Thackeray
0f9ecdb Women like not only to conquer, but to be conquered. William Makepeace Thackeray
51c4f01 I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. William Makepeace Thackeray
8275b1c Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. William Makepeace Thackeray
25a6f7b George, be a King! William Makepeace Thackeray