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

Quote by Charles Lamb

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A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

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.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

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.

It is good to love the unknown.

It is good to love the unknown.

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I...

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

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...

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...

Before a clock was in the tower, Or e'er a watch was worn; I knew...

Before a clock was in the tower, Or e'er a watch was worn; I knew...

There is absolutely nothing to be said in favour of growing old. There ought to...

There is absolutely nothing to be said in favour of growing old. There ought to...

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than...

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than...