Samuel Johnson (18 September [O.S. 7 September] 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man...
People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
—Samuel Johnson in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.
Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.