Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favorable to virtue. Re >>

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment. >>

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one >>

Quotations about Wives

This comes of James teaching me to think for myself, and never to hold >>

To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer. >>

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no plea >>

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

Johnson, Samuel