Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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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.

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...

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....

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to...

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

I could never hate anyone I knew

I could never hate anyone I knew

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...

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

When I consider how little of a rarity children are that every street and blind...

When I consider how little of a rarity children are that every street and blind...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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 could never hate anyone I knew.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

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...