At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Samuel Johnson Quotes

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread...

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread...

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

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...

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Men hate more steadily than they love; and if I have said something to hurt...

Men hate more steadily than they love; and if I have said something to hurt...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect...

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

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.

A jest breaks no bones

A jest breaks no bones

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

If you ignore me, I will ignore you. If you don't start the conversation, we...

If you ignore me, I will ignore you. If you don't start the conversation, we...

Laying in bed, remembering our conversation in my head, and imagining what I should have...

Laying in bed, remembering our conversation in my head, and imagining what I should have...