A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous.

I find I journalize too tediously. Let me try to abbreviate.

My curiosity to see the melancholy spectacle of the executions was so strong that I could not resist it, although I was sensible that I would suffer much from it.... I got upon a scaffold near the fatal tree so that I could clearly see all the dismal scene.... I was most terribly shocked, and thrown into a very deep melancholy.

In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers.

The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.