The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.
Samuel JohnsonOf those that spin out trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life.
Samuel JohnsonFalsehoods of convenience or vanity, falsehoods from which no evil immediately visible ensues, except the general degradation of human testimony, are very lightly uttered, and once uttered are sullenly supported.
Samuel Johnson