2,116 Quotes by Samuel Johnson

Pleasure which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain, can never be such as a worthy mind can fully delight in.

I am a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals only with the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning.

Judgment is forced upon us by experience.

One of the disadvanages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

Night comes at last, and some hours of restlessness and confusion brings me again to a day of solitude. What shall exclude the black dog from a habitation like this?

A vow is a snare for sin.

To the strongest and quickest mind, it is far easier to learn than to invent.

Love is the wisdom of the fool, and the folly of the wise.

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.