That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they...

I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they...

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

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...

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done...

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done...

To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futurity, and perplex the...

To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futurity, and perplex the...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

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...

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

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...

Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things

Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things

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...

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.