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

One must be strict even in little things..

After I went to bed I had a curious fancy as to dreams. In sleep the doors of the mind are shut, and thoughts come jumping in at the windows. They tu….

O charitable philosopher, I beg you to help me. My mind is weak but my soul is strong. Kindle that soul, and the sacred fire shall never be extinguis….

I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it..

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself..

A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to see it done at all..

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it..

In comparing these two writers, he [Samuel Johnson] used this expression: "that there was as great a difference between them as between a man who kne….

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 excellen….

Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials. He thinks he has enough to raise a large and sta….

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

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 shoul….

But the question is, whether the animals who endure such sufferings of various kinds for the service and entertainment of man, would accept existence….

Why should not the knowledge, the skill, the expertness, the assiduity, and the spirited hazards of trade and commerce, when crowned with success, be….

People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the ….

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