Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favor.
Samuel JohnsonLife is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us be therefore cautious of how we strip her.
Samuel JohnsonIf, sir, men were all virtuous, I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds neither wall, nor mountains, nor seas could afford any security.
Samuel Johnson