How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself!
Charles Lamb Quotes
The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.
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.
Who first invented work, and bound the free and holiday-rejoicing spirit down?
The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen.
Credulity is the man’s weakness, but the child’s strength.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
If dirt was trumps, what hands you would hold!
Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.
