Quotes by Samuel Johnson

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you...

#Retirement

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

#Silence

He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to...

#Satisfaction

A vow is a snare for sin

#Sin, #Wishes

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

#Self-esteem

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

#Slavery

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some...

#Self-love, #Vanity, #World

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

#Life, #Society

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is...

#Thought

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

#Thought

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

#Trouble

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

#Vanity