“ It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. ”
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
~ William Makepeace Thackeray
Here is a minute. It may be my love is dead, but here is a minute to kneel over the grave and pray by it.
It was in the reign of George II. that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write.