Charles Reade Quotes

"The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be."
- Charles Reade
(Related: Fancy, Will)

"The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves."
- Charles Reade
(Related: Children)

"Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny."
- Charles Reade
(Related: Character, Habit, Destiny)

"Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait."
- 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."
- Charles Reade
(Related: Men, Women, Day, Deeds, Earth, Words)