Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. >>

The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, for we that live to please >>

He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts f >>

Quotations about Vigilance

They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversa >>

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts. >>

He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard. >>

There is nothing so much seduces reason from vigilance as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman in marriage.

Johnson, Samuel