Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
Samuel JohnsonAdmiration and love are like being intoxicated with champagne; judgment and friendship are like being enlivened.
Samuel JohnsonLife consists not of a series of illustrious actions or elegant enjoyments. The greater part of our time passes in compliance with necessities, in the performance of daily duties, in the removal of small inconveniences, in the procurement of petty pleasures; and we are well or ill at ease, as the main stream of life glides on smoothly, or is ruffled by small obstacles and frequent interruption.
Samuel Johnson