Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

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

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

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

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

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

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

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

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

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...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.