In youth, it is common to measure right and wrong by the opinion of the world, and in age, to act without any measure but interest, and to lose shame without substituting virtue.
Samuel JohnsonIt is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather; they are in haste to tell each other, what each must already know, that it is hot or cold, bright or cloudy, windy or calm.
Samuel JohnsonI do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.
Samuel Johnson