I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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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.

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...

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...

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...

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in...

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in...

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.

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

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

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

It is good to love the unknown.

It is good to love the unknown.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a...

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a...

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...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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.

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

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