Quotes by : Samuel Johnson

Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite....

Nothing at all will be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult.

A man sometimes starts up a patriot, only by disseminating discontent, and propagating reports of secret....

Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.....

Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some....

A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.

An old friend never can be found and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending....