Distance either of time or place is sufficient to reconcile weak minds to wonderful relations.
Samuel JohnsonThe mathematicians are well acquainted with the difference between pure science, which has only to do with ideas, and the application of its laws to the use of life, in which they are constrained to submit to the imperfections of matter and the influence of accidents.
Samuel JohnsonThose who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
Samuel JohnsonNovelty is indeed necessary to preserve eagerness and alacrity; but art and nature have stores inexhaustible by human intellects, and every moment produces something new to him who has quickened his faculties by diligent observation.
Samuel Johnson