Samuel Johnson

A mere literary man is a dull man; a man who is solely a man of business is a selfish man; but when literature and commerce are united, they make a respectable man.

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound.

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

What is read twice is usually remembered more than what is once written.

Round numbers are always false.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

[On his donation of $100 million to UCLA in 2012 adding to the $200 million he donated in 2002] The cost of a world-class medical education should not deter our future innovators, doctors and scientists from the path they hope to pursue. We need the students at this world-class institution to be driven by determination and the desire to do their best work and not by the fear of crushing debt. I hope in doing this that others will be inspired to do the same.

Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one’s enemies.

Being a teacher is not what I do, it’s who I am.

Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.

The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the highest return.

I’ve seen with my own students, community colleges offer an affordable route to four-year college degrees and good paying jobs.

Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man’s lifetime income – which he then spends sending his son to college.

No one will ever get anywhere in this world unless he becomes a teacher, one who can show others how to do things.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

Any man can learn anything he will, but no man can teach except to those who want to learn. Education is preeminently a matter of quality, not amount.