Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.
Samuel JohnsonThat eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require, will be allowed by those who wish to elevate the character of a scholar; since they cannot but know that every human acquisition is valuable in proportion to the difficulty of its attainment.
Samuel JohnsonThe peculiar doctrine of Christianity is that of a universal sacrifice and perpetual propitiation.
Samuel JohnsonEvery man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.
Samuel Johnson