Charles Reade — English Novelist born on June 08, 1814, died on April 11, 1884

Charles Reade was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth... (wikipedia)

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.
Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.
The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.