Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

It is the only sensual pleasure without vice. >>

Sorrow is the rust of the soul and activity will cleanse and brighten >>

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of t >>

Quotations about Misers and Misery

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying. >>

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid t >>

A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its >>

Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for a cake, at least is not the slave of gross appetite; and shows besides a preference always to be esteemed, of the future to the present moment.

Johnson, Samuel