When 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 Copy Share Image
Boswell, when he speaks of his Life of Johnson, calls it my magnum opus, but it may more properly be called his opera, for it is truly a composition founded on a true story, in which there is a hero… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well-stocked cellar, be continually renewed; and it is consolatory to think, that although we can seldom… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Drinking is in reality an occupation which employs a considerable portion of the time of many people; and to conduct it in the most… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
“His OFELLUS in the Art of Living in London, I have heard him relate, was an Irish painter, whom he knew at Birmingham, and… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing. — James Boswell Copy Share Image
He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day. Yet he read a great… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Nay, Sir, it was not the WINE that made your head ache, but the SENSE that I put into it' 'What, Sir! will sense… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Have a sense of piety ever on your mind, and be ever mindful that this is subject to no change, but will last you… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal. — James Boswell Copy Share Image
We had some port, and drank damnation to the play and eternal remorse to the author. — James Boswell Copy Share Image
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