A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.
James BoswellIt is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.
James BoswellFor my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
James BoswellWhen 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.
James Boswell