I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything. – James Boswell
It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy. – James Boswell
If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good. – James Boswell
A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself. – James Boswell
For 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 Boswell
A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion. – James Boswell
I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson. – James Boswell
