My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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Borrowers of books, those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators...

Borrowers of books, those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators...

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome...

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome...

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...

I could never hate anyone I knew.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

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.

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...

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of...

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of...

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.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more...

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more...

The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet...

The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet...

Nothing puzzles me more than the time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less.

Nothing puzzles me more than the time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

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

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

Opinions is a species of property - I am always desirous of sharing

Opinions is a species of property - I am always desirous of sharing

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I...

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I...

For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.

For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed...

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed...