Samuel Johnson

Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

 Samuel Johnson, in  Art and Literature and  Wisdom and Ignorance

'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

 Samuel Johnson, in  Wisdom and Ignorance

I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.

 Samuel Johnson, in  Art and Literature

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

 Samuel Johnson, in  Vice and Virtue and  Wisdom and Ignorance

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

 Samuel Johnson, in  Art and Literature and  Work and Recreation