My mind was, as it were, strongly impregnated with the Johnsonian ether.

One must be strict even in little things.

My definition of Man is, a Cooking Animal. The beasts have memory, judgement, and all the faculties and passions of our mind, in a certain degree; but no beast is a cook....Man alone can dress a good dish; and every man whatever is more or less a cook, in seasoning what he himself eats.

When we know exactly all a man's views and how he comes to speak and act so and so, we lose any respect for him, though we may love and admire him.

My wife, who does not like journalizing, said it was leaving myself embowelled to posterity--a good strong figure. But I think itis rather leaving myself embalmed. It is certainly preserving myself.

As all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church.

When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.