The business of a poet is to examine not the individual but the species; to remark general properties and large appearances.
Samuel JohnsonA woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a woman who gets the command of money for the first time upon her marriage, has such a gust in spending it, that she throws it away with great profusion.
Samuel JohnsonThen with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Samuel JohnsonNo mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
Samuel Johnson