If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! William Makepeace Thackeray on history
It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. William Makepeace Thackeray on hope
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. William Makepeace Thackeray on humor
What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes. William Makepeace Thackeray on money
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. William Makepeace Thackeray on society
It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob. William Makepeace Thackeray on society
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. William Makepeace Thackeray on mothersday