What is easy is seldom excellent.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is easy is seldom excellent.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAdvice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is not sufficient evidence of truth.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONBooks like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSlander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
SAMUEL JOHNSONShame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe future is purchased by the present.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAlmost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYou can never be wise unless you love reading.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLiberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
SAMUEL JOHNSON