No cause more frequently produces bashfulness than too high an opinion of our own importance. He that imagines an assembly filled with his merit, panting with expectation, and hushed with attention, easily terrifies himself with the dread of disappointing them, and strains his imagination in pursuit of something that may vindicate the veracity of fame, and show that his reputation was not gained by chance.
Samuel JohnsonThe hour of reformation is always delayed; every delay gives vice another opportunity of fortifying itself by habit.
Samuel JohnsonIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
Samuel JohnsonOats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.
Samuel Johnson