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

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

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

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

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

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 liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.