Henry James, 1843-1916
was a British (US -born) author
For the worst sign of all — as I must have it for you — is that you can't help me. That's when a woman pities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
was an US essayist and poet
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
Charles (John Huffam) Dickens, 1812-1870
was an English novelist
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.