"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they were all made by the lord chancellor, upon a due consideration of the characters and circumstances, without the parties having any choice in the matter."
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Source: In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 461 (22 March 1776)
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