Samuel Johnson

One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past.

Samuel Johnson

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

Samuel Johnson

One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity.

Samuel Johnson

Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

Samuel Johnson

Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them.

Samuel Johnson

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Samuel Johnson

Patience and submission are very carefully to be distinguished from cowardice and indolence. We are not to repine, but we may lawfully struggle; for the calamities of life, like the necessities of Nature, are calls to labor and diligence.

Samuel Johnson

People in general do not willingly read if they have anything else to amuse them.

Samuel Johnson

Philosophy has often attempted to repress insolence by asserting that all conditions are leveled by death; a position which, however it may defect the happy, will seldom afford much comfort to the wretched.

Samuel Johnson

Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost must always end in pain.

Samuel Johnson