Clergyman's

If the man who turnips cries,
Cry not when his father dies,
'Tis a proof that he had rather
Have a turnip than his father.
- Samuel Johnson

Let me rejoice in the light which Thou hast imparted; let me serve Thee with active zeal, humbled confidence, and wait with patient expectation for the time in which the soul which Thou receivest shall be satisfied with knowledge.
- Samuel Johnson

Let me rejoice in the light which Thou hast imparted; let me serve Thee with active zeal, humbled confidence, and wait with patient expectation for the time in which the soul which Thou receivest shall be satisfied with knowledge.
- Samuel Johnson

He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning.
- Samuel Johnson

I never have sought the world; the world was not to seek me.
- Samuel Johnson

Attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.
- Samuel Johnson

Attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.
- Samuel Johnson

Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.
- Samuel Johnson