Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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The greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail, and inquire and accuse, neither suspect nor fear, nor care for the publick; but hope to force their way to riches, by virulence and invective, and are vehement and clamorous, only that they may be sooner hired to be silent.
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
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He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
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I have always suspected that the reading is right, which requires many words to prove it wrong; and the emendation wrong, that cannot without so much labour appear to he right.
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
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There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
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Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.