DICKENS

I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed. ‘Never be ashamed,’ my old dad used to say, there’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with.

I remember an answer which, when quite young, I was prompted to make to a valued adviser, who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church. On my saying, “What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within?” my friend su...

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.