Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Happiness Quotes

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

Judgment is forced upon us by experience

Judgment is forced upon us by experience

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

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

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

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

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...

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

There are two sides to every argument, unless a person is personally involved, in which...

There are two sides to every argument, unless a person is personally involved, in which...