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

Quote by Charles Lamb

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Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome...

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome...

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.

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.

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.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...