How did Samuel Johnson describe Oliver Goldsmith’s writing and personality?

Samuel Johnson held Oliver Goldsmith’s literary talents in high regard, famously stating that Goldsmith was a writer "who left scarcely any kind of writing untouched and who touched nothing that he did not adorn".1

Regarding the contrast between Goldsmith’s professional brilliance and his personal behavior, Johnson famously remarked: "No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had". This captured the paradox observed by many of their contemporaries, who viewed Goldsmith as a polished and graceful literary artist while simultaneously finding him socially inept, prone to conversational mishaps, and often foolish in his personal affairs.1