To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not...

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

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...

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it...

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it...

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...

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

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

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

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...