The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.
Samuel JohnsonLong customs are not easily broken; he that attempts to change the course of his own life very often labors in vain; and how shall we do that for others, which we are seldom able to do for ourselves.
Samuel JohnsonThe coquette has companions, indeed, but no lovers,--for love is respectful and timorous; and where among her followers will she find a husband?
Samuel JohnsonAuthors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free.
Samuel JohnsonIf, sir, men were all virtuous, I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds neither wall, nor mountains, nor seas could afford any security.
Samuel Johnson