We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

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...

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...

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.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

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...

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

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

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more...

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more...

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

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...

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....