Clergyman's

Then with no throbs of fiery pain,
No cold gradations of decay,
Death broke at once the vital chain,
And freed his soul the nearest way.
- Samuel Johnson

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound; great debts are like cannon, of loud noise but little danger.
- Samuel Johnson

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
- Samuel Johnson

A desire for knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being, whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all he has to get knowledge.
- Samuel Johnson

The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.
- Samuel Johnson

This man, I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
- Samuel Johnson

This man, I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
- Samuel Johnson

This man, I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
- Samuel Johnson