400 Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray

Happiest time of youth and life, when love is first spoken and returned; when the dearest eyes are daily shining welcome, and the fondest lips never tire of whispering their sweet secrets; when the parting look that accompanies “Good night!” gives delightful warning of tomorrow.

They talked about each others’ houses, and characters, and families – just as the Joneses do about the Smiths.

The ladies – Heaven bless them! – are, as a general rule, coquettes from babyhood upwards.

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?

If a man has committed wrong in life, I don’t know any moralist more anxious to point his errors out to the world than his own relations...

Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin That never has known the barber’s shear, All your wish is woman to win, This is the way that boys begin. Wait till you come to Forty Year.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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

Underneath the lantern's glow, and a thrilling voice begins to the sound of mandolins?