One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another…

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Bee (1759), No. 1 (Oct. 6, 1759)..

English (original)

One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.

— Oliver Goldsmith

There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

A nightcap decked his brows instead of bay, A cap by night — a stocking all the day!

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.

[To Mr. Johnson] If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.