2,116 Quotes by Samuel Johnson

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.

New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new.

From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

The round of a passionate man's life is in contracting debts in his passion, which his virtue obliges him to pay. He spends his time in outrage and acknowledgment, injury and reparation.

The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.

The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public.

One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity.

The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence....