Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is easy is seldom excellent.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFrom thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
SAMUEL JOHNSONCourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe true art of memory is the art of attention.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt is better to live rich than to die rich.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIntegrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLove is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
SAMUEL JOHNSONHow small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
SAMUEL JOHNSON