O charitable philosopher, I beg you to help me. My mind is weak but my soul is strong. Kindle that soul, and the sacred fire shall never be extinguished.

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

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.

We must take our friends as they are.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it.

Boswell: But, Sir is it not somewhat singular that you should happen to have Cocker's Arithmetic about you on your journey? Dr. Johnson: Why, Sir if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey, let it be a book of science. When you read through a book of entertainment, you know it, and it can do no more for you; but a book of science is inexhaustible.