To go and see one druidical temple is only to see that it is nothing, for there is neither art nor power in it; and seeing one is quite enough.
Samuel JohnsonAs to the Christian religion, besides the strong evidence which we have for it, there is a balance in its favor from the number of great men who have been convinced of its truth after a serious consideration of the question. Grotius was an acute man, a lawyer, a man accustomed to examine evidence, and he was convinced. Grotius was not a recluse, but a man of the world, who certainly had no bias on the side of religion. Sir Isaac Newton set out an infidel, and came to be a very firm believer.
Samuel JohnsonLectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary.
Samuel JohnsonHe who is extravagant will quickly become poor; and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption.
Samuel Johnson