There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. – William Makepeace Thackeray
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited. – William Makepeace Thackeray
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
Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you. – William Makepeace Thackeray
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind? – William Makepeace Thackeray
It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. – William Makepeace Thackeray
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. – William Makepeace Thackeray
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed. – William Makepeace Thackeray
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. – William Makepeace Thackeray
It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob. – William Makepeace Thackeray
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
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new. – William Makepeace Thackeray
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. – William Makepeace Thackeray
An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through. – William Makepeace Thackeray
