I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and that as some bodies, indissoluble by heat, can set the furnace and crucible at defiance,…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Limits Quotes, Success Quotes, Wit Quotes

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the...

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the...

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its...

The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits

I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that...

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

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.

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

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

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious; and he that becomes suspicious will quickly...

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious; and he that becomes suspicious will quickly...

I don't trust people because people can't handle the responsibility of being trusted.

I don't trust people because people can't handle the responsibility of being trusted.

I love not being trusted, even though I wasn't the one saying all those things.

I love not being trusted, even though I wasn't the one saying all those things.