Samuel Johnson

Every man is of importance to himself.

Samuel Johnson

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.

Samuel Johnson

Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.

Samuel Johnson

Every period of life is obliged to borrow its happiness from time to come.

Samuel Johnson

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to fear with to much dejection.

Samuel Johnson

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Samuel Johnson

Expectation improperly indulged in must end in disappointment.

Samuel Johnson

Fear naturally quickens the flight of guilt.

Samuel Johnson

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Samuel Johnson

Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.

Samuel Johnson