There is such a difference between the pursuits of men in great cities that one part of the inhabitants lives to little other purpose than to wonder at the rest. Some have hopes and fears, wishes and aversions, which never enter into the thoughts of others, and inquiry is laboriously exerted to gain that which those who possess it are ready to throw away.
Samuel JohnsonNetwork. Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.
Samuel JohnsonNothing has tended more to retard the advancement of science than the disposition in vulgar minds to vilify what they cannot comprehend.
Samuel JohnsonI wish you would add an index rerum, that when the reader recollects any incident he may easily find it.
Samuel Johnson