It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Samuel JohnsonPleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost must always end in pain.
Samuel JohnsonAs every writer has his use, every writer ought to have his patrons; and since no man, however high he may now stand, can be certain that he shall not be soon thrown down from his elevation by criticism or caprice, the common interest of learning requires that her sons should cease from intestine hostilities, and, instead of sacrificing each other to malice and contempt, endeavour to avert persecution from the meanest of their fraternity.
Samuel Johnson