In Shakespeare's plays, the mourner hastening to bury his friend is all the time colliding with the reveller hastening to his wine.
Samuel JohnsonTreating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.
Samuel JohnsonA transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city.
Samuel JohnsonWhen I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration of a word; I therefore extracted from philosophers principles of science; from historians remarkable facts; from chymists complete processes; from divines striking exhortations; and from poets beautiful descriptions.
Samuel Johnson