"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased."
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Source: James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1866). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.87
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