The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
Source: The Athenaeum, 'Table Talk by the late Elia', 4 Jan 1834.
-- Charles Lamb, (Feb 10 1775-1834), English essayist, author; The Mitre Courtier was master of the essay, e.g., Essays of Elia, 1823.