Samuel Johnson Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)

“Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.”

“Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.”

“Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.”

“The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.”

“There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.”

“He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.”

“He who praises everybody, praises nobody.”

“It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.”

“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”

“If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.”