Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

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...

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

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

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the...

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the...

About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be...

About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be...

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

In the effort to give good and comforting answers to the young questioners whom we...

In the effort to give good and comforting answers to the young questioners whom we...