Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.
Samuel JohnsonOur minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them.
Samuel JohnsonMemory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.
Samuel JohnsonNo man tells his opinion so freely as when he imagines it received with implicit veneration.
Samuel Johnson