Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
Samuel Johnson

Exercise is labor without weariness.
Samuel Johnson

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.
Samuel Johnson

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
Samuel Johnson

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.
Samuel Johnson

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
Samuel Johnson

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Samuel Johnson

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
Samuel Johnson

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.
Samuel Johnson

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
Samuel Johnson

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
Samuel Johnson

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
Samuel Johnson

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
Samuel Johnson

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
Samuel Johnson

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
Samuel Johnson

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
Samuel Johnson

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
Samuel Johnson

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
Samuel Johnson

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.
Samuel Johnson

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
Samuel Johnson