Hope is an amusement rather than a good, and adapted to none but very tranquil minds.
Samuel JohnsonA man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.
Samuel JohnsonEvery man prefers virtue, when there is not some strong incitement to transgress its precepts.
Samuel JohnsonThe maxim of Cleobulus, "Mediocrity is best," has been long considered a universal principle, extending through the whole compass of life and nature. The experience of every age seems to have given it new confirmation, and to show that nothing, however specious or alluring, is pursued with propriety or enjoyed with safety beyond certain limits.
Samuel Johnson