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

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Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if...

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if...

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known...

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which...

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which...

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.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.

For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.

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...