Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.
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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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Round numbers are always false.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance and the parent of Liberty.
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Attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.
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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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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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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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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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The insolence of wealth will creep out.
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Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.
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While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till grief be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
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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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When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.
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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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PATRON, n. One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is repaid in flattery.
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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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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.