Samuel Johnson

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.

Ah! Sir, a boy’s being flogged is not so severe as a man’s having the hiss of the world against him.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man’s judgment.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.

I was the same old me. Just like the Moon yesterday. But because of all the other factors that came to play, the darkness, the brightness, the blood red color. They all were a reflection, a projection due to the perfect set of circumstances. The Moon was still the Moon. But it was still labeled the Super Blue Blood Moon, Just so we can have some understanding, but, again I’ll state, the Moon was still just the Moon, just like I was still just me. Whatever you project on me, and I reflect back, doesn’t then make me become a new person, it’s just a reflection of your projection. I am still just me.

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem.

At 70 years old, if I could give my younger self one piece of advice, It would be to use the phrase ‘f**k off’ much more frequently.

The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.

You show your worth by what you seek! – Rumi

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Give me insight into today and you may have the antique and future worlds.

For Wealth are all things that conduce, to one’s destruction or their use. A standard both to buy and sell, all things from heaven down to hell.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.