Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it? >>

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves >>

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. >>

Quotations about Sorrow

The cure for sorrow is to learn something. >>

Some say that happiness is not good for mortals, and they ought to be >>

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. >>

Sorrow is the rust of the soul and activity will cleanse and brighten it.

Johnson, Samuel