New arts are long in the world before poets describe them; for they borrow everything from their predecessors, and commonly derive very little from nature or from life.
Samuel JohnsonThe coquette has companions, indeed, but no lovers,--for love is respectful and timorous; and where among her followers will she find a husband?
Samuel JohnsonAll travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel Johnson