Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Marriage Quotes

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as...

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as...

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...

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...

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...

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...

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue,...

Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue,...

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.

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

Never underestimate the pain of a person. In all honesty, everyone is struggling. Just some...

Never underestimate the pain of a person. In all honesty, everyone is struggling. Just some...

Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life

Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life