Samuel Johnson

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Remarriage: A triumph of hope over experience.

Remarriage: A triumph of hope over experience.

Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.

Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.

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.

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he
reads as a task will do read more

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he
reads as a task will do him little good.