But what can a man see of a library being one day in it?

I went to my father's at night. He spoke of poor John [Boswell's brother] with disgust. I was shocked and said, "He's your son, and God made him." He answered very harshly, "If my sons are idiots, can I help it?

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

[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal.

Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well-stocked cellar, be continually renewed.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

A Sceptick therefore, who because he finds that Truths are not universally received, doubts of their existence, is just as foolish as a man who should try large shoes upon little feet, and little shoes upon large feet, and finding that they did not fit.