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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Ambition Quotes, Happiness Quotes

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence,...

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

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

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

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

The future is purchased by the present.

The future is purchased by the present.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what...

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what...

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a...

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a...

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

The more I think about this, the more like a slut I feel.

The more I think about this, the more like a slut I feel.

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own