The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Life Quotes, Love Quotes

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes

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

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

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

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.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you...

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you...

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him...

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him...

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that...

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that...

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...

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either...

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either...

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and...

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and...