As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration; and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.
Samuel JohnsonDifferences, we know, are never so effectually laid asleep as by some common calamity; an enemy unites all to whom he threatens danger.
Samuel JohnsonMemory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.
Samuel JohnsonThey whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their actions fortuitous, destroy the value of their friendship, obstruct the efficacy of their virtues, and set them below the meanest of those who persist in their resolutions, execute what they design, and perform what they have promised.
Samuel Johnson