Charles Reade

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

Judicious absence is a weapon.

Beauty is power: a smile is its sword.

A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor.

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

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.

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