A man will turn over half a library to make one book. Samuel Johnson bookhalflibrary Change image and share on social
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. Samuel Johnson breakchainfelt Change image and share on social
Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. Samuel Johnson advantageenterpriseexpect Change image and share on social
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Samuel Johnson characteristiccuriosityintellect Change image and share on social
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. Samuel Johnson armchambermaidduchess Change image and share on social
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. Samuel Johnson lawnaturepower Change image and share on social
Actions are visible, though motives are secret. Samuel Johnson actionmotivesecret Change image and share on social
By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time. Samuel Johnson complimenthappyhigh Change image and share on social
Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him. Samuel Johnson drinkeatintercourse Change image and share on social
The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. Samuel Johnson breakfelicityflight share on social
