Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

Quote by Charles Lamb

Topics: Thanksgiving Quotes

I could never hate anyone I knew

I could never hate anyone I knew

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.

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...

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 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...

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

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

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

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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...

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

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...

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...

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...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less...

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

I love to lose myself in other men's minds.

I love to lose myself in other men's minds.