I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

Quote by James Boswell

Topics: Brother And Sister Quotes, Brother Sister Quotes

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

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

The Irish ignore anything they can't drink or punch.

The Irish ignore anything they can't drink or punch.

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its...

I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its...

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides,...

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides,...

I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf...

I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf...

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I...

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I...

VIf venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the...

VIf venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the...

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on...

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on...

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel...

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel...

What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

We must take our friends as they are.

We must take our friends as they are.

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may...

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may...

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be...

For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be...