The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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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...

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...

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...

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

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 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...

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

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...

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

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

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...

I could never hate anyone I knew

I could never hate anyone I knew

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...

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...

It is good to love the unknown.

It is good to love the unknown.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

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...

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

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

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

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

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

My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.

My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.