This book is a collection of 134 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Charles Dickens:

"Keep yourself to yourself."

"A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self."

"Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door."

"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

"If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers."

"We need never be ashamed of our tears."

"What greater gift than the love of a cat?"

"We forge the chains we wear in life."