Herecommendedtometokeepajournalofmylife，fullandunreserved。Hesaiditwouldbeaverygoodexercise，andwouldyieldmegreatsatisfactionwhentheparticularswerefadedfrommyremembrance。Iwasuncommonlyfortunateinhavinghadapreviouscoincidenceofopinionwithhimuponthissubject，forIhadkeptsuchajournalforsometime；anditwasnosmallpleasuretometohavethistotellhim，andtoreceivehisapprobation。Hecounselledmetokeepitprivate，andsaidImightsurelyhaveafriendwhowouldburnitincaseofmydeath。FromthishabitI
havebeenenabledtogivetheworldsomanyanecdotes，whichwouldotherwisehavebeenlosttoposterity。ImentionedthatIwasafraidIputintomyjournaltoomanylittleincidents。JOHNSON。
’Thereisnothing，Sir，toolittleforsolittleacreatureasman。
Itisbystudyinglittlethingsthatweattainthegreatartofhavingaslittlemiseryandasmuchhappinessaspossible。’
NextmorningMr。Dempsterhappenedtocallonme，andwassomuchstruckevenwiththeimperfectaccountwhichIgavehimofDr。