I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.
Samuel JohnsonWhen the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed
Samuel JohnsonGovernors being accustomed to hear of more crimes than they can punish, and more wrongs than they can redress, set themselves at ease by indiscriminate negligence, and presently forget the request when they lose sight of the petitioner.
Samuel Johnson