He that would travel for the entertainment of others should remember that the great object of remark is human life.
Samuel JohnsonOf many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.
Samuel JohnsonAs the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labor.
Samuel JohnsonAn Italian philosopher said that "time was his estate"; an estate indeed which will produce nothing without cultivation, but will always abundantly repay the labors of industry, and generally satisfy the most extensive desires, if no part of it be suffered to lie in waste by negligence, to be overrun with noxious plants, or laid out for show rather than for use.
Samuel Johnson