Samuel Johnson

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

Suspicion is most often useless pain.

In a man’s letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives.

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I now am.

Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?

A jest often decides matters of importance more effectual and happily than seriousness.

Be confident, not certain

Let us treat the men and women well: treat them as if they were real: perhaps they are.

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.

I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was his message.

The line of beauty is the line of perfect economy.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

As Love ought to bring them together, so it is the best Way to keep them well together.

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.

That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another s. We see so much only as we possess.