...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a scholar with great brilliance of wit; a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal.
Samuel JohnsonAh! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him.
Samuel JohnsonI soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and that as some bodies, indissoluble by heat, can set the furnace and crucible at defiance, there are min
Samuel JohnsonNo member of a society has a right to teach any doctrine contrary to what the society holds to be true.
Samuel JohnsonJustice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform, and distinct
Samuel Johnson