Quotes

“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.” Charles Lamb

“Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.” Charles Lamb

“I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.” Charles Lamb

“The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.” Charles Lamb

“He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.” Charles Lamb

“I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.” Charles Lamb

“The beggar wears all colors fearing none.” Charles Lamb

“A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.” Charles Lamb

“Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.” Charles Lamb

“I could never hate anyone I knew.” Charles Lamb

“Nothing puzzles me more than the time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less.” Charles Lamb

“Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing.” Charles Lamb

“A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.” Charles Lamb

“Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.” Charles Lamb

“Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.” Charles Lamb

“Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.” Charles Lamb

“Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it.” Charles Lamb

“Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.” Charles Lamb

“For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.” Charles Lamb

“I love to lose myself in other men's minds.” Charles Lamb

“It is good to love the unknown.” Charles Lamb

“Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” Charles Lamb

“My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.” Charles Lamb

“Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.” Charles Lamb

“Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.” Charles Lamb

“Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer book.” Charles Lamb

“She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.” Charles Lamb

“The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend.” Charles Lamb

“The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street.” Charles Lamb

“The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen.” Charles Lamb