I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
Samuel JohnsonIt is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
Samuel JohnsonWhen any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints, but exert your whole care to hide it; by endeavouring to hide it; you will dry it away. Be always busy.
Samuel JohnsonPatron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is repaid in flattery.
Samuel JohnsonSir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four, so, when comparing a worse present state with a better which is past, you cannot but feel sorrow. It is not cured by reason, but by the incursion of present objects, which bear out the past.
Samuel Johnson