Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.
Samuel JohnsonInstead of rating the man by his performances, we rate too frequently the performances by the man.
Samuel JohnsonTo hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.
Samuel JohnsonThe safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is little grief; they see their friend fall without any of that lamentation which is indulged in security and idleness, because they have no leisure to spare from the care of themselves; and whoever shall keep his thoughts equally busy will find himself equally unaffected with irretrievable losses.
Samuel Johnson