Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

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.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not...

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not...

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

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.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

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...

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

I wish the men in my house would be a little more courteous and put...

I wish the men in my house would be a little more courteous and put...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...