Samuel Johnson

Where there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.

Samuel Johnson

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

Samuel Johnson

Adversity has ever been considered as the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

Samuel Johnson

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which he cannot apply will make no man wise.

Samuel Johnson

Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.

Samuel Johnson

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.

Samuel Johnson

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Samuel Johnson

Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.

Samuel Johnson