It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
Samuel JohnsonIt is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
Samuel JohnsonThe time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.
Samuel JohnsonThe Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected.
Samuel Johnson