Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Courage Quotes

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of...

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

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...

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope...

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope...

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

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

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

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...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

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.

If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good...

If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good...

When you have a bad day always remember someone else's day is worse. Be thankful...

When you have a bad day always remember someone else's day is worse. Be thankful...