Samuel Johnson

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being
drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being
drowned.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads
of which some single idea has read more

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads
of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and
irregular possession.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.

He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.