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 JohnsonNo man can have much kindness for him by whom he does not believe himself esteemed, and nothing so evidently proves esteem as imitation.
Samuel JohnsonIt seems to be remarkable that death increases our veneration for the good, and extenuates our hatred for the bad.
Samuel JohnsonWhen a friend is carried to his grave, we at once find excuses for every weakness, and palliation of every fault. We recollect a thousand endearments, which before glided off our minds without impression, a thousand favors unrepaid, a thousand duties unperformed; and wish, vainly wish, for his return, not so much that we may receive as that we may bestow happiness, and recompense that kindness which before we never understood.
Samuel Johnson