You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables.
Samuel JohnsonNo member of a society has a right to teach any doctrine contrary to what the society holds to be true.
Samuel JohnsonA ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has the additional disadvantage of of being in danger.
Samuel JohnsonIt is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye; that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached.
Samuel Johnson