Quotes from Charles Reade

Judicious absence is a weapon.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

A stranger's eyes see clearest.

Make'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

Example is contagious behavior.

Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.

I mean to take a good look at any man ere I leap into his arms.' Then look your fill, and leap away.

The fortunate man is he who, born poor, or nobody, works gradually up to wealth and consideration, and, having got them, dies before he finds they were not worth so much trouble.