Dr Parr...asked him, how he had acquired his power of smoking at such a rate? Lamb replied, 'I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue.'

There was a little man, and he had a little soul; And he said, Little Soul, let us try, try, try!

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.

Riddle of destiny, who can show What thy short visit meant, or know What thy errand here below?

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.

I love to lose myself in other men's minds.... Books think for me.