When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

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

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

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...

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

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...

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...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.

Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.

Marriages are made in heaven and are consummated on earth.

Marriages are made in heaven and are consummated on earth.