The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street.

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.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

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...

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what...

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what...

Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.

Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.

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...

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...

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

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.

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....

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.

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

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...

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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