Charles Lamb

Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

You’ll turn out ordinary if you’re not careful.

Youth should not be slandered. Boy nature and girl nature are less repressed and therefore more wholesome today than before. If they at times seem unimpressed by their elders, it is probably because we make a matter of authority what should be a matter of conference. These young people are new people sent to this scene by Destiny to take our places. They come with new visions to fulfill, new powers to exploit.

The truth doesn’t have versions, it just is.

Every one of us have things that we believe about ourselves when nobody else is looking, nobody else is listening, nobody else is monitoring what we’re doing. We believe things about ourselves.

When I’m feeling anxious or depressed, I do find it helps to reach for a pen and paper. There is something about writing things down, that hand-eye combination, that makes me feel calmer.

Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall.

Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

In matters of style, swim with the current;In matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses.

When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?”

We teach people how to treat us.