There is not, perhaps, to a mind well instructed, a more painful occurrence, than the death of one we have injured without reparation.
Samuel JohnsonLife is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us be therefore cautious of how we strip her.
Samuel JohnsonIt is the just doom of laziness and gluttony to be inactive without ease and drowsy without tranquility.
Samuel JohnsonHe that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. We have always protected the Americans; we may therefore subject them to government.
Samuel Johnson