Cards are war, in disguise of a sport. – Charles Lamb
For Gods sake (I never was more serious) dont make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print… substitute drunken dog, ragged head, seld-shaven, odd-eyed, stuttering, or any other epithet which truly and properly belongs to the gentleman in question. – Charles Lamb
The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days. – Charles Lamb
Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected. – Charles Lamb
Before I was born my mother was in great agony of spirit and in a tragic situation. She could take no food except iced oysters and champagne. If people ask me when I began to dance, I reply, In my mothers womb, probably as a result of the oysters and champagne – the food of Aphrodite. – Isadora Duncan