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.

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.

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.

The man who stops making new friends eventually will have none.

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

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.

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