Charles Lamb quotes

" Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people. " # Boys # Love # Capitalism

" Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I can't hate a man whom I know. " # Attitude # Hatred # Love

" The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident. " # Deeds and Good Deeds # Action # Pleasure

" I am determined my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is. " # Children # Fathers # Religion

" Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. " # Law and Lawyers

" I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading. I cannot sit and think; books think for me. " # Books - Reading # Mind # Love

" A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market. " # Laughter

" The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth. " # Truth # Laughter # Books - Reading

" Nothing puzzles me more than time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less, as I never think about them. " # Cosmos # Truth # Time and Time Management

" My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more. " # Love # Contentment # Friends and Friendship