Quotes by Charles Reade

A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor.
– Charles Reade
Judicious absence is a weapon.
– Charles Reade
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
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
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
– Charles Reade
The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.
– Charles Reade