There are few doors through which liberality, joined with good humor, cannot find its way.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Humor Quotes

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

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...

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

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...

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries...

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries...

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

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

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

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

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

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

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

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

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.

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

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

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

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

To understand your parents' love bear your own children.

To understand your parents' love bear your own children.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.