Samuel Johnson
Each person's work is always a portait of himself Samuel Johnson
My diseases are an asthma and a dropsy, and what is less curable, seventy-five Samuel Johnson
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. Samuel Johnson
Seldom any splendid story is wholly true Samuel Johnson
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it Samuel Johnson
In all pleasure hope is a considerable part Samuel Johnson
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions Samuel Johnson
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly Samuel Johnson
A man ought to read just as his inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good Samuel Johnson
Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say Samuel Johnson