Sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat, will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one.
Samuel JohnsonTo read, write, and converse in due proportions, is, therefore, the business of a man of letters.
Samuel JohnsonWhere no man thinks himself under any obligation to submit to another, and, instead of co-operating in one great scheme, every one hastens through by-paths to private profit, no great change can suddenly be made; nor is superior knowledge of much effect, where every man resolves to use his own eyes and his own judgment, and every one applauds his own dexterity and diligence, in proportion as he becomes rich sooner than his neighbour.
Samuel Johnson