It is observed of gold, by an old epigrammatist, that to have it is to be in fear, and to want it is to be in sorrow.
Samuel JohnsonThe balls of sight are so formed, that one man's eyes are spectacles to another, to read his heart with.
Samuel JohnsonIt is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather; they are in haste to tell each other, what each must already know, that it is hot or cold, bright or cloudy, windy or calm.
Samuel JohnsonAmong the many inconsistencies which folly produces or infirmity suffers in the human mind, there has often been observed a manifest and striking contrariety between the life of an author and his writings... Those whom the appearance of virtue or the evidence of genius has tempted to a nearer knowledge of the writer, in whose performances they may be found, have indeed had frequent reason to repent their curiosity.
Samuel Johnson