What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
SAMUEL JOHNSONTo preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAll travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLove is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is easy is seldom excellent.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is not sufficient evidence of truth.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
SAMUEL JOHNSONEach person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSlander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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 JOHNSONNever trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLiberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMy dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
SAMUEL JOHNSON