How small of all that human hearts endure/That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Samuel JohnsonMuch is due to those who first broke the way to knowledge, and left only to their successors the task of smoothing it.
Samuel JohnsonThe mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm.
Samuel Johnson