When I consider how little of a rarity children are that every street and blind alley swarms with them that the poorest people commonly have them in most abundance that there are few marriages that are not blest with at…

Quote by Charles Lamb

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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 beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see...

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see...

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

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

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

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

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...

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

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

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

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

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

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

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...

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...

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

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...

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.

Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.