Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever. Charles Lamb More Quotes by Charles Lamb More Quotes From Charles Lamb From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue; I could see no end of my possessions; I wanted some steward, or judicious bailiff, to manage my estates in Time for me. Charles Lamb poor ends men I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don't borrow money, nor twist your kitten's neck off, nor disturb a congregation, etc., your business is done. I know things of myself, which would make every friend I have fly me as a plague patient. Charles Lamb business character men Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might! Charles Lamb tongue bravery might Sassafras wood boiled down to a kind of tea, and tempered with an infusion of milk and sugar hath to some a delicacy beyond the China luxury. Charles Lamb delicacy luxury tea Oh, the pleasure of eating my dinner alone! Charles Lamb dining-alone dinner eating I like you and your book, ingenious Hone! In whose capacious all-embracing leaves The very marrow of tradition 's shown; And all that history, much that fiction weaves. Charles Lamb historical i-like-you book Thus, when the lamp that lighted The traveller at first goes out, He feels awhile benighted, And looks around in fear and doubt. But soon, the prospect clearing, By cloudless starlight on he treads, And thinks no lamp so cheering As that light which Heaven sheds. Charles Lamb cheer fear thinking Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. Charles Lamb gluttony occasions thanksgiving Who has not felt how sadly sweet The dream of home, the dream of home, Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet, When far o'er sea or land we roam? Charles Lamb dream home sweet I give thee all,-I can no more, Though poor the off'ring be; My heart and lute are all the store That I can bring to thee. Charles Lamb poor heart giving And when once the young heart of a maiden is stolen, The maiden herself will steal after it soon. Charles Lamb stolen stealing heart When thus the heart is in a vein Of tender thought, the simplest strain Can touch it with peculiar power. Charles Lamb peculiar power heart Our spirits grow gray before our hairs. Charles Lamb spirit enthusiasm hair Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my life. Charles Lamb mountain friendship life Summer, as my friend Coleridge waggishly writes, has set in with its usual severity. Charles Lamb usual summer writing A man may do very well with a very little knowledge, and scarce be found out in mixed company; everybody is so much more ready to produce his own, than to call for a display of your acquisitions. Charles Lamb acquisition men knowledge The drinking man is never less himself than during his sober intervals. Charles Lamb sober drinking men The most mortifying infirmity in human nature, to feel in ourselves, or to contemplate in another, is perhaps cowardice. Charles Lamb cowardice anxiety human-nature We were happier when we were poorer, but we were also younger. Charles Lamb poverty A garden was the primitive prison, till man with Promethean felicity and boldness, luckily sinned himself out of it. Charles Lamb garden evil men
