Samuel Johnson

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how…

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of…

The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed…

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of…

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to…

To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly…

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it…

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you…

Small debts are like small shot they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely…

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part…

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich…

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not…

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance…

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and… the unhappiest of all mortals…

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short…