Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and...

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

Those that have loved longest love best.

Those that have loved longest love best.

Love is just a word, a label; real love is unexplainable.

Love is just a word, a label; real love is unexplainable.

Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.

Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.