Samuel Johnson

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires
to be a hero must drink read more

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires
to be a hero must drink brandy.

Yet still he fills affection's eye,
Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind.

Yet still he fills affection's eye,
Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble
fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the read more

The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble
fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of
Shakespeare.