Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

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What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in...

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in...

Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the...

Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the...

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...

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.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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...