Samuel Johnson

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means
of procuring respect.

Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means
of procuring respect.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.

This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.

This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.