He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
SAMUEL JOHNSONHe who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo man was ever great by imitation.
SAMUEL JOHNSONEvery man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe future is purchased by the present.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAdvice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMoney and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhen any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPatriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt is better to live rich than to die rich.
SAMUEL JOHNSONTruth allows no choice.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLanguage is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
SAMUEL JOHNSON