Samuel Johnson

The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.

If he really thinks there is no distinction between vice and virtue, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

It’s not for me. I tried human flesh and it’s too salty for my taste.

I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.

Invention is the mother of necessity.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge.

That dog don’t hunt.

I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.