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. ”

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

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

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. ”

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. ”

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking. ”

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

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. ”

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. ”

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