If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous.

- James Boswell

The man who stops making new friends eventually will have none.

- 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

The connection between authors, printers, and booksellers must be kept up.

- James Boswell

I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquor…

- James Boswell

The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.

- James Boswell

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

- James Boswell

It is wonderful that five thousand years have now elapsed since the creation of the world, and still it is undecided whether or not there has ever be…

- James Boswell

What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily is he disturbed and put out of order.

- James Boswell