The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.
Samuel JohnsonCuriosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
Samuel JohnsonOats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.
Samuel JohnsonAmong other pleasing errors of young minds is the opinion of their own importance. He that has not yet remarked, how little attention his contemporaries can spare from themselves, conceives all eyes turned upon himself, and imagines everyone that approaches him to be an enemy or a follower, an admirer or a spy.
Samuel Johnson