I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
Samuel JohnsonTheir origin is commonly unknown; for the practice often continues when the cause has ceased, and concerning superstitious ceremonies it is in vain to conjecture; for what reason did not dictate, reason cannot explain.
Samuel JohnsonThe roads of science are narrow, so that they who travel them, must wither follow or meet one another.
Samuel JohnsonIgnorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
Samuel JohnsonWhen the original is well chosen and judiciously copied, the imitator often arrives at excellence which he could never have attained without direction; for few are formed with abilities to discover new possibilities of excellence, and to distinguish themselves by means never tried before.
Samuel Johnson