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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Ambition Quotes, Happiness Quotes

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

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

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

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

The insolence of wealth will creep out

The insolence of wealth will creep out

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on...

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on...

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious; and he that becomes suspicious will quickly...

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious; and he that becomes suspicious will quickly...

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

No man was ever great by imitation.

No man was ever great by imitation.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates

The commercial world is very frequently put into confusion by the bankruptcy of merchants, that...

The commercial world is very frequently put into confusion by the bankruptcy of merchants, that...

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...

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

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...

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

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

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

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is...

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is...