It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

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.

We had some port, and drank damnation to the play and eternal remorse to the author.

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

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.

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