If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
Samuel JohnsonNature has given woman so much power that the law cannot afford to give her more.
Samuel JohnsonProsperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Samuel JohnsonDon't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.
Samuel JohnsonTags: words language importance exaggeration
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
Samuel JohnsonTags: knowledge thought effort
The young man, who intends no ill,
Believes that none is intended, and therefore
Acts with openness and candor: but his father, having suffered the injuries of fraud, is impelled to suspect, and too often allured to practice it.
Tags: rasselas
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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 JohnsonSir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Samuel JohnsonTags: london
To keep your secret is wisdom, but to expect others to keep it is folly.
Samuel JohnsonTags: secret
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