Charles Dickens Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Charles Dickens quotes, Charles Dickens sayings, and Charles Dickens proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

I am the only child of parents who weighed, measured, and priced everything; for whom what could not be weighed, measured, and priced, had no existence. Charles Dickens
There might be some credit in being jolly. Charles Dickens
The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you. Charles Dickens
You will be surprised that he proposed seven times, once in a hackney-coach once in a boat once in a pew once on a donkey at Tunbridge Wells and the rest on his knees. Charles Dickens
Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess! Charles Dickens
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some Charles Dickens
I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us. Charles Dickens
Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the fumes of charcoal. Charles Dickens
Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs. Charles Dickens
My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. Charles Dickens
I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Charles Dickens
Of all the months of the year there is not a month one half so welcome to the young, or so full of happy associations, as the last month of the year. Charles Dickens
"Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!" Charles Dickens
Life is made of so many partings welded together. Charles Dickens
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens
Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen. Charles Dickens
This reminds me, Godmother, to ask you a serious question. You are as wise as wise can be (having been brought up by the fairies), and you can tell me this: Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it? Charles Dickens
May the British Lion have his talons eradicated by the noble bill of the American Eagle, and be taught to play upon the Irish Harp and the Scotch Fiddle that music which is breathed by every empty shell that lies upon the shore of green Columbia. Charles Dickens
The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons. Charles Dickens
Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine! Charles Dickens
I wonder why it is that when I shut my eyes in a tunnel I begin to feel as if I were going at an Express pace the other way. I am clearly going back to London, now. Charles Dickens
There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated. Charles Dickens
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. Charles Dickens
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Charles Dickens
The rich, sweet smell of the hayricks rose to his chamber window; the hundred perfumes of the little flower-garden beneath scented the air around; the deep-green meadows shone in the morning dew that glistened on every leaf as it trembled in the gentle air: and the birds sang as if every sparkling drop were a fountain of inspiration to them. Charles Dickens
How beautiful you are! You are more beautiful in anger than in repose. I don't ask you for your love; give me yourself and your hatred; give me yourself and that pretty rage; give me yourself and the enchanting scorn; it will be enough for me. Charles Dickens
I could never have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. Charles Dickens
Bless us all/With playful years/With noisy games and joyful tears. Charles Dickens
There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood. Charles Dickens
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. Charles Dickens