“Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards.” – Samuel Johnson

“Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.” – Samuel Johnson

“Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain.”  – Samuel Johnson

“Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.” – Samuel Johnson

“Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.” – Samuel Johnson

“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.” – Samuel Johnson

“Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.” – Samuel Johnson