Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door.
Charles LambThe trumpet does not more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility.
Charles LambNo one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.
Charles LambI have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair.
Charles Lamb