Samuel Johnson

Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few.

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

Their learning is like bread in a besieged town: every man gets a little, but no man gets a full meal.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

The only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in opinion.

Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg by the side of which more will be laid.

Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain’t so; it is the sickening grammar that they use.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.

Do you know that the tendrils of graft and corruption have become mighty interlacing roots so that even men who would like to be honest are tripped and trapped by them?

He that has more knowledge than judgment, is made for another man’s use more than his own.

You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.

You bring out the be(a)st in me. Polarized tension, a raw slash of claw, swathed softly in love. A peace of my mind in tumultuous chaotic razor-sharp clarity, impulsive wit to wisdom, mixing addictive shots of cocktail emotions in a full-spectrum experience.

Eat therefore to live, and do not live to eat.

If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

The Jews generally give value. They make you pay; but they deliver the goods. In my experience the men who want something for nothing are invariably Christians.