The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Friendship Quotes

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

What ills from beauty spring

What ills from beauty spring

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that...

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that...

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

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...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

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...

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

He who endeavors to please must appear pleased

He who endeavors to please must appear pleased

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

I'm disappointed, but I'm not going to run around like Dennis Rodman and head-butt somebody.

I'm disappointed, but I'm not going to run around like Dennis Rodman and head-butt somebody.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.