Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of youth.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

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...

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...

Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some...

Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some...

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...

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

Clear your mind of cant.

Clear your mind of cant.

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

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

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

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...

Hope is itself a species of happiness and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

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...

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...

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone

Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...