Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.
Samuel JohnsonNobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him.
Samuel JohnsonHe who fails to please in his salutation and address is at once rejected, and never obtains an opportunity of showing his latest excellences or essential qualities.
Samuel JohnsonWhen a man feel the reprehension of a friend seconded by his own heart, he is easily heated into resentment.
Samuel Johnson