The 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 JohnsonCowardice encroaches fast upon such as spend their lives in company of persons higher than themselves.
Samuel JohnsonEverybody loves to have things which please the palate put in their way, without trouble or preparation.
Samuel JohnsonMen go to sea, before they know the unhappiness of that way of life; and when they have come to know it, they cannot escape from it, because it is then too late to choose another profession; as indeed is generally the case with men, when they have once engaged in any particular way of life.
Samuel Johnson