Dr Johnson said, the inscription should have been in Latin, as every thing intended to be universal and permanent, should be.
James BoswellMy readers, who may at first be apt to consider Quotation as downright pedantry, will be surprised when I assure them, that next to the simple imitation of sounds and gestures, Quotation is the most natural and most frequent habitude of human nature. For, Quotation must not be confined to passages adduced out of authors. He who cites the opinion, or remark, or saying of another, whether it has been written or spoken, is certainly one who quotes; and this we shall find to be universally practiced.
James BoswellAs all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church.
James Boswell