What can he mean by coming among us? He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.

Then, all censure of a man's self is oblique praise.

[...] for the Doctor observed, that no man takes upon himself small blemishes without supposing that great abilities are attributed to him; and that, in short,…

You are a philosopher, Dr. Johnson. I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.

There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good tempe…

We are defined by how we use our power.

By the Eternal! there is a man whose form should be cast in deathless bronze and the statue placed in every college of the land. It is not book-learning young …