Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door

Quote by Charles Lamb

Topics: Urban Quotes

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what...

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what...

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

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

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

I could never hate anyone I knew.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

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.

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....

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

The trumpet does no more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you...

The trumpet does no more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you...

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see...

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see...

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

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

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if...

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if...

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

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