William Makepeace Thackeray

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose is the next best."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"Never lose a chance of saying a kind word."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"That I may reach that happy time The kindly gods I pray, For are not ducks and pease in prime Upon the last of May?"

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"A good laugh is sunshine in the house."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"As there are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"Life is a mirror: If you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"Bravery never goes out of fashion."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through."

- William Makepeace Thackeray