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

Quote by Charles Lamb

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Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

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

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

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

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

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

New Year's Day is every man's birthday.

New Year's Day is every man's birthday.

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 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.

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...

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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...

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

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.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

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...

The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.

The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.

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

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

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.

Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.