Quotes by Samuel Johnson

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

#Mind

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

#Celibacy, #Marriage

Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of...

#Mind, #Praise

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

#Marriage

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

#Marriage

I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they...

#Marriage

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

#Jealousy, #Marriage

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

#Being Used, #Marriage, #Money

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

#Marriage

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst...

#Character, #Influence, #Marriage

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

#Marriage

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread...

#Mind