Samuel Johnson
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Americans are a race of convicts and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.
I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.
