'T is sweet to think that where'er we rove We are sure to find something blissful and dear; And that when we 're far from the lips we love, We 've but to make love to the lips we are near.
Charles LambThe trumpet does not more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility.
Charles LambFor with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak profanely) to be present with the Lord.
Charles LambWhy are we never quite at ease in the presence of a schoolmaster? Because we are conscious that he is not quite at his ease in ours. He is awkward, and out of place in the society of his equals. He comes like Gulliver from among his little people, and he cannot fit the stature of his understanding to yours.
Charles Lamb