Grief is a species of idleness. – Samuel Johnson
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. – Samuel Johnson

Grief is a species of idleness. – Samuel Johnson
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. – Samuel Johnson
A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. – Samuel Johnson
A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson