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
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. – Samuel Johnson
Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things. – Samuel Johnson
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. – Samuel Johnson