Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. >>

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be >>

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that >>

Quotations about Youth

Youth holds no society with grief. >>

Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts. >>

Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies >>

So different are the colors of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past; and so different the opinions and sentiments which this contrariety of appearance naturally produces, that the conversation of the old and young ends generally with contempt or pity on either side.

Johnson, Samuel