To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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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.

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

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

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

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.