Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

Samuel Johnson

A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.

Samuel Johnson

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it most like it the least.

Samuel Johnson

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure: all leisure arises from one working for another.

Samuel Johnson

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Samuel Johnson

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Samuel Johnson

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest.

Samuel Johnson

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness.

Samuel Johnson

Everybody knows worse of himself than he knows of other men.

Samuel Johnson

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.

Samuel Johnson