Samuel Johnson

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan.

As our expedition to New York seems likely to be attended with a very fatal Consequence, and ourselves haply censured for undertaking it without assurance of success.

I have always had confidence in my own ability.