A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and...

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and...

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing...

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing...

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you...

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you...

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and...

Whatever is attempted without previous certainty of success, may be considered as a project, and...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Those that have loved longest love best.

Those that have loved longest love best.

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without...

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals...

Money is the power of the impotent

Money is the power of the impotent

Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money...

Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money...