Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks. Auteur: Charles Dickens Copy Quote More from Charles Dickens “An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.” “why should I seek to change, what has been so precious to me for so long! you c…” “But these vague whisperings may arise from Mr. Snagsby's being, in his way, rat…” “authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superl…”