The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principle subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied.
Samuel JohnsonPlayers, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.
Samuel JohnsonMemory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.
Samuel Johnson