All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: World Quotes

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some...

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim,...

Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim,...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...