Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect.
Samuel JohnsonThe great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered.
Samuel JohnsonHoc age ['do this'] is the great rule, whether you are serious or merry; whether ... learning science or duty from a folio, or floating on the Thames. Intentions must be gathered from acts.
Samuel Johnson