Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before…

Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before us!

Quotes

Chapter I.

Other Martin Chuzzlewit Quotes

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. - View Quote Details on Home is a name, a word, it is a strong…
Here’s the rule for bargains — ‘Do other men, for they would do you.’ That’s the true business precept. - View Quote Details on Here’s the rule for bargains — ‘Do other men, for…
With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other. - View Quote Details on With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out…
Our fellow-countryman is a model of a man, quite fresh from Natur’s mold! - View Quote Details on Our fellow-countryman is a model of a man, quite fresh…
Rich folks may ride on camels, but it an’t so easy for ‘em to see out of a needle’s eye. That is my comfort, and I hope I knows it. - View Quote Details on Rich folks may ride on camels, but it an’t so…
Leave the bottle on the chimley-piece, and don’t ask me to take none, but let me put my lips to it when I am so dispoged, and then I will do what I’m engaged to do, according to the best of my ability. - View Quote Details on Leave the bottle on the chimley-piece, and don’t ask me…
He’d make a lovely corpse. - View Quote Details on He’d make a lovely corpse.
Firstly, that it may be safely asserted, and yet without implying any direct participation in the Manboddo doctrine touching the probability of the human race having once been monkeys, that men do play very strange and extraordinary tricks. Secondly, and yet without trenching on the Blumenbach theory as to the descendants of Adam having a vast number of qualities which belong more particularly to swine than to any other class of animals in the creation, that some men certainly are remarkable for taking uncommon good care of themselves. - View Quote Details on Firstly, that it may be safely asserted, and yet without…
“Do not repine, my friends,” said Mr. Pecksniff, tenderly. “Do not weep for me. It is chronic.” And with these words, after making a futile attempt to pull off his shoes, he fell into the fireplace. - View Quote Details on “Do not repine, my friends,” said Mr. Pecksniff, tenderly. “Do…
There might be some credit in being jolly with a wife. - View Quote Details on There might be some credit in being jolly with a…