Short Quotes - Author James Boswell Showing 1 - 15 of 15 Add Quote A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself. James Boswell Friend Upvote0 We must take our friends as they are. James Boswell Friends Upvote0 There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. James Boswell Love Upvote0 It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy. James Boswell Man Upvote0 I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson. James Boswell Upvote0 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 Power Upvote0 I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding. James Boswell Argument Upvote0 I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything. James Boswell Character Upvote0 I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. James Boswell Hate Upvote0 He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. James Boswell Wit Upvote0 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 Conversation Upvote0 A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. James Boswell Conversation Upvote0 What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading! James Boswell Life Upvote0 A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion. James Boswell May Upvote0 There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. James Boswell Motivational Upvote0