Samuel Johnson

To keep your secret is wisdom, but to expect others to keep it is folly.

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

This mournful truth is everywhere confessed, slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

There’s no doubt I’m a better man having spent time with Michelle. I would never say that Michelle’s a better woman, but I will say she’s a little more patient.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

I am a black American male from Chicago, who had my rehearsal dinner at Versailles and then got married in Florence with a view of the entire city.

[on Michelle] A dedicated mom, a good friend, and someone who’s not afraid to poke a little fun at herself from time to time

By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher.

What Michelle has done is to remind me every day of the virtues of order.

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

It was a very meaningful ceremony and marriage means a lot to me.

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

[on Michelle] Like a lot of political spouses, the role was thrust upon her. But I always knew she’d be incredible at it, and put her own unique stamp on the job. That’s because who you see is who she is-the brilliant, funny, generous woman who, for whatever reason, agreed to marry me. I think people gravitate to her because they see themselves in her-a dedicated mom, a good friend, and someone who’s not afraid to poke a little fun at herself from time to time.