Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform, and distinct
Interpretation
Justice is essential for society and must be applied consistently and clearly.
This quote emphasizes that justice is a fundamental requirement for any society, suggesting that its principles should not only be universally applicable but also uniform in their implementation. Johnson argues that true justice cannot be arbitrary; it must be distinct and clearly defined in its limits to ensure fairness and equality among individuals.
In practice
This quote could be used in a courtroom to emphasize the importance of fair legal practices.
To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.
Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
Your first duty is to be humane. Love childhood. Look with friendly eyes on its games, its pleasures, its amiable dispositions. Which of you does not sometimes look back regretfully on the age when laughter was ever on the lips and the heart free of care? Why steal from the little innocents the enjoyment of a time that passes all too quickly?
Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with what it can do, hence accustomed not to feel small stings.
Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.
That moon which the sky never saw even in dreams has risen again
Solitary confinement is too terrible a punishment to inflict on any human being, no matter what his crime. Hardened criminals in the men's prisons, it is said, often beg for the lash instead.
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