Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometime >>

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. >>

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be foun >>

Quotations about Letters

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a n >>

A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surpri >>

In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters a >>

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation -- a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something.

Johnson, Samuel