With what hope can we endeavor to persuade the ladies that the time spent at the toilet is lost in vanity.
Samuel JohnsonNo man reads a book of science from pure inclination. The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which contain a quick succession of events.
Samuel JohnsonMany leave the labours of half their life to their executors and to chance, because they will not send them abroad unfinished, and are unable to finish them, having prescribed to themselves such a degree of exactness as human diligence can scarcely ontain.
Samuel Johnson