Few things are so liberally bestowed, or squandered with so little effect, as good advice.
Samuel JohnsonIt is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye; that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached.
Samuel JohnsonIt is indeed certain, that whoever attempts any common topick, will find unexpected coincidences of his thoughts with those of other writers; nor can the nicest judgment always distinguish accidental similitude from artful imitation.
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