Samuel Johnson

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

Truth, Sir, is a cow which will yield such people no more milk, and so they are gone to milk the bull.

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast.

Don’t forget me, don’t forget me. I wouldn’t leave you if you’d let me.

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache!

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

Better to put your heart on the line, risk everything, and walk away with nothing than play it safe. Love is a lot of things, but ‘safe’ isn’t one of them.

True love does not leave you a choice.

They are different now than they were. My mother never had to say she was a queen to be one. I instinctively knew. So it makes sense now that I am sorely confused by the women who try to convince me with words.

O ’tis love, ’tis love, ’tis love that makes the world go round!

Women should serve men. Men should serve women. Any house of peace is full of servants.

Whoso loves, believes the impossible.

The choice to follow love through to its completion is the choice to seek completion within ourselves. The point at which we shut down on others is the point at which we shut down on life.

I stopped believing in love at first sight. I think you go through that wonderful love stage, but when it gets hard, you need a little bit more.

We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it.

Between whom there is hearty truth, there is love.

For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

My demons are begging me to open up my mouth.