There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
Samuel JohnsonFalse taste is always busy to mislead those that are entering upon the regions of learning; and the traveller, uncertain of his way, and forsaken by the sun, will be pleased to see a fainter orb arise on the horizon, that may rescue him from total darkness, though with weak and borrowed lustre.
Samuel JohnsonHe who would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his thoughts by those of reason.
Samuel JohnsonIf useless thoughts could be expelled from the mind, all the valuable parts of our knowledge would more frequently recur.
Samuel Johnson