My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMy dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFrom thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhen any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLove is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
SAMUEL JOHNSONI never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThere must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA 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 JOHNSONAdvice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
SAMUEL JOHNSON