Samuel Johnson

“In all pleasure hope is a considerable part.”

“Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.”

“Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.”

“Knowledge is of two kinds; we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.”

“A man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.”

“Man is not weak - knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength.”

“Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.”

“The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.”

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

“Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.”

“Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.”

“Marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they were all made by the Lord Chancellor.”

“The true art of memory is the art of attention.”

“As the faculty of writing has chiefly been a masculine endowment, the reproach of making the world miserable has always been thrown upon the women.”

“Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.”

“Clear your mind of "can't."”

“Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.”

“To be of no Church is dangerous.”

“Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.”

“He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.”