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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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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...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have...

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

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

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

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

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

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

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...

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of...

Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of...

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...

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

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...

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives...

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives...

Values are not just words, values are what we live by. They're about the causes...

Values are not just words, values are what we live by. They're about the causes...