If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.

In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers.

That favorite subject, Myself.

In every picture there should be shade as well as light.

The connection between authors, printers, and booksellers must be kept up.

Dr. Johnson ... sometimes employed himself in chymistry, sometimes in watering and pruning a vine, and sometimes in small experiments, at which those who may smile, should recollect that there are moments which admit of being soothed only by trifles.

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it does. But the danger is, that while a man grows better pleased with himself, he may be growing less pleasing to others. Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has presented.