Well, (said he), we had a good talk. BOSWELL: Yes, Sir, you tossed and gored several persons.

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew great only by the misery of the rest of mankind. The Romans, like others, as soon as they grew rich, grew corrupt; and in their corruption sold the lives and freedoms of themselves, and of one another.

Yes sir, you hate to see it go. It was a pretty good old place.

For my part, Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious

Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea