Quotes By 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
I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.
James Boswell
I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson.
James Boswell
A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.
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