We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinion, because we very often differ from ourselves.
Samuel JohnsonOf all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in any party, resign the use of their own eyes and ears, and resolve to believe nothing that does not favor those whom they profess to follow.
Samuel JohnsonA transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city.
Samuel JohnsonThe wickedness of a loose or profane author is more atrocious than that of a giddy libertine or drunken ravisher, not only because it extends its effects wider, as a pestilence that taints the air is more destructive than poison infused in a draught, but because it is committed with cool deliberation.
Samuel Johnson