"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Happiness is enjoyed only in proportion as it is known; and such is the state or folly of man, that it is known only by experience of its contrary."
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Source: John Hawkesworth, Samuel Johnson, Richard Bathurst, Joseph Warton (1793). “The Adventurer”, p.216
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