I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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It is good to love the unknown.

It is good to love the unknown.

When I consider how little of a rarity children are that every street and blind...

When I consider how little of a rarity children are that every street and blind...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.

We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known...

Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which...

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which...

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to...

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to...

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving...

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving...

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity....

We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity....

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should...

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should...

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.

My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.