Samuel Johnson

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Samuel Johnson

Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.

Samuel Johnson

Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.

Samuel Johnson

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Samuel Johnson

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Samuel Johnson

Life, however short, is made still shorter by waste of time.

Samuel Johnson

Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression; we must always purpose to do more or better than in time past.

Samuel Johnson

Love is only one of many passions.

Samuel Johnson

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Samuel Johnson

Man’s chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.

Samuel Johnson