There is something in obstinacy which differs from every other passion. Whenever it fails, it never recovers, but either breaks like iron, or crumbles sulkily away, like a fractured arch. Most other passions have their periods of fatigue and rest, their sufferings and their cure; but obstinacy has no resource, and the first wound is mortal.
Samuel JohnsonThe general remedy of those who are uneasy without knowing the cause is change of place.
Samuel JohnsonNovelty is indeed necessary to preserve eagerness and alacrity; but art and nature have stores inexhaustible by human intellects, and every moment produces something new to him who has quickened his faculties by diligent observation.
Samuel JohnsonA man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
Samuel Johnson