372 Quotes by Charles Lamb

A poor relation – is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

Credulity is the man’s weakness, but the child’s strength.

I love to lose myself in other men’s minds.

Rags, which are the reproach of poverty, are the beggar’s robes, and graceful insignia of his profession, his tenure, his full dress, the suit in which he is expected to show himself in public.

I am, in plainer words, a bundle of prejudices – made up of likings and dislikings.

Opinions is a species of property – I am always desirous of sharing.

No work is worse than overwork; the mind preys on itself, – the most unwholesome of food.

Oh stay! oh stay! Joy so seldom weaves a chain Like this to-night, that oh ’t is pain To break its links so soon.

I ask and wish not to appear More beauteous, rich or gay: Lord, make me wiser every year, And better every day.