William Thackeray Quotes

Most popular William Thackeray Quotes

Bravery never goes out of fashion. - William Thackeray quote.
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
— William Thackeray The Four Georges

courage bravery

A good laugh is sunshine in a house. - William Thackeray quote.
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
— William Thackeray
People hate as they love, unreasonably. - William Thackeray quote.
People hate as they love, unreasonably.
— William Thackeray The Newcomes

hate

He who meanly admires mean things is a snob. - William Thackeray quote.
He who meanly admires mean things is a snob.
— William Thackeray The Book of Snobs
To be thought rich is as good as to be rich. - William Thackeray quote.
To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
— William Thackeray

wealth

Women like not only to conquer, but to be conquered. - William Thackeray quote.
Women like not only to conquer, but to be conquered.
— William Thackeray
The world is good natured to people who are good natured. - William Thackeray quote.
The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
— William Thackeray
Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman. - William Thackeray quote.
Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.
— William Thackeray

marriage

Women are jealous of cigars... they regard them as a strong rival. - William Thackeray quote.
Women are jealous of cigars... they regard them as a strong rival.
— William Thackeray

Cigar cigars

'Tis strange what a man may do and a woman yet think him an angel. - William Thackeray quote.
'Tis strange what a man may do and a woman yet think him an angel.
— William Thackeray
Next to the very young, I suspect the very old are the most selfish. - William Thackeray quote.
Next to the very young, I suspect the very old are the most selfish.
— William Thackeray The Virginians

youth & age selfishness

Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. - William Thackeray quote.
Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
— William Thackeray
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. - William Thackeray quote.
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
— William Thackeray Vanity Fair

mother

A comfortable career of prosperity, if it does not make men honest, at least keeps them so. - William Thackeray quote.
A comfortable career of prosperity, if it does not make men honest, at least keeps them so.
— William Thackeray
Good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society. - William Thackeray quote.
Good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society.
— William Thackeray Sketches and Travels in London: Mr. Brown’s Letters to his Nephew

humor cheer

It is best to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. - William Thackeray quote.
It is best to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
— William Thackeray The History of Pendennis

love

If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business. - William Thackeray quote.
If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business.
— William Thackeray Vanity Fair

family

To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all. - William Thackeray quote.
To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
— William Thackeray The History of Henry Esmond

love youth & age

We can't all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing. - William Thackeray quote.
We can't all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
— William Thackeray

society competition

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it in turn will look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion. - William Thackeray quote.
The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it in turn will look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion.
— William Thackeray
Let us thank God for imparting to us, poor weak mortals, the inestimable blessing of vanity.  How many half-witted votaries of the arts—poets, painters, actors, musicians—live upon this food, and scarcely any other! - William Thackeray quote.
Let us thank God for imparting to us, poor weak mortals, the inestimable blessing of vanity.  How many half-witted votaries of the arts—poets, painters, actors, musicians—live upon this food, and scarcely any other!
— William Thackeray Character Sketches

vanity

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
— William Thackeray Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, Vol. II

laughter

'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
— William Thackeray

men and women

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.  Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion.
— William Thackeray Vanity Fair

laughter the world