“It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.”

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

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

William Makepeace Thackeray

“Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?”

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