Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Samuel Johnson Quotes

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love,...

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love,...

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

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...

It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the...

It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love...

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk...

Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk...

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst...

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst...

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...

Judgment is forced upon us by experience

Judgment is forced upon us by experience

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the...

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the...

When a person says only what others love to hear, he is largely liked; but...

When a person says only what others love to hear, he is largely liked; but...