Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

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

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

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a...

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a...

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread...

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread...

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...

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

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.

There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn...

There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn...

Always remember this: 'A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes...

Always remember this: 'A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes...