When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is as good as his wife says her first husband was
Samuel JohnsonThe present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.
Samuel JohnsonIt is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them.
Samuel JohnsonIt requires but little acquaintance with the heart to know that woman's first wish is to be handsome; and that, consequently, the readiest method of obtaining her kindness is to praise her beauty.
Samuel Johnson