Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole...

Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole...

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.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may...

Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

Politeness is what warmth is to wax

Politeness is what warmth is to wax