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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Ambition Quotes, Happiness Quotes

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward...

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted...

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary;...

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary;...

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward...

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

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.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

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...

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

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

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