The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Habit Quotes

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

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

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as...

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as...

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by...

I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by...

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...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

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.

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

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...

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...