Samuel Johnson

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation read more

Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of
others as of ourselves; neither vanity not read more

A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of
others as of ourselves; neither vanity not conceit can exist in
the same atmosphere with it.

Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.

Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.