Samuel Johnson

It is better that some should be unhappy than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance.

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

Man is not weak; knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity.

Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg by the side of which more will be laid.

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one… characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‘always do what you are afraid to do.’

The idea of perfection always gives one a chance to talk without knowing facts.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Find people who will make you better.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

Failure is an important part of your growth and developing resilience. Don’t be afraid to fail.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

A woman’s heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.

All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was.