Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as >>

What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; >>

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

Quotations about Strangers

I do desire we may be better strangers. >>

The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all i >>

It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger w >>

It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger.

Johnson, Samuel