Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Courage Quotes

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth...

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth...

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...

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

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

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience...

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

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

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

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue,...

Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue,...

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

Actions are visible, though motives are secret

The future is purchased by the present.

The future is purchased by the present.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries...

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries...

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

When forever becomes a place...when forever ceases to be just a word, when it ceases...

When forever becomes a place...when forever ceases to be just a word, when it ceases...