He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. – Samuel Johnson
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. – Samuel Johnson
Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good. – Samuel Johnson
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. – Samuel Johnson