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

Quote by Charles Lamb

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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...

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.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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.

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...

Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the...

Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

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...

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

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

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...

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...