When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is as good as his wife says her first husband was

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Jealousy Quotes, Marriage Quotes

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.

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our...

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

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

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

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 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 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...

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

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...

[It is a story] to satisfy the expectations of the average man, who wants awful...

[It is a story] to satisfy the expectations of the average man, who wants awful...

I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I...

I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I...