Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Blown about with every wind of criticism.
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He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
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Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance and the parent of Liberty.
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When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.
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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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Attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.
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Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.
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There is in this world no real delight (excepting those of sensuality), but exchange of ideas in conversation.
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Round numbers are always false.
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The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.
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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
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To let friendship die away by negligence and silence, is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage.
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PATRON, n. One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is repaid in flattery.
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The insolence of wealth will creep out.
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As with my hat upon my headI walk'd along the Strand,I there did meet another manWith his hat in his hand.
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Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
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Of Lord Chesterfield This man, I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
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Let me rejoice in the light which Thou hast imparted; let me serve Thee with active zeal, humbled confidence, and wait with patient expectation for the time in which the soul which Thou receivest shall be satisfied with knowledge.
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There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
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As the Spanish proverb says, 'He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
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There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed.
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Wretched un-idea'd girls.