Society and the World

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Fleet-street has a very animated appearance; but I think the full tide of human existence is at Charing-Cross.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.

I refute it thus.

But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses, let us count our spoons.

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

BOSWELL : I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it …

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.

They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.

A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.

I am sorry I have not learned to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness and consolidates society.

A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.

A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations.

Let observation with extensive view,

How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?

How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.