Samuel Johnson

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

Samuel Johnson

The business of life is to go forward; he who sees evil in prospect meets it in his way, but he who catches it by retrospection turns back to find it.

Samuel Johnson

The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.

Samuel Johnson

The great source of pleasure is variety.

Samuel Johnson

The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.

Samuel Johnson

The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.

Samuel Johnson

The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public.

Samuel Johnson

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Samuel Johnson

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

Samuel Johnson

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

Samuel Johnson