Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. Samuel Johnson on revenge
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. Samuel Johnson on success
Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. Samuel Johnson on trial
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise. Samuel Johnson on truth
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. Samuel Johnson on wealth
What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more. Samuel Johnson on wealth
All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. Samuel Johnson on wealth
Words are but the signs of ideas. Samuel Johnson on words
Stability is more essential to success than brilliance. Richard Lloyd Jones on success
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. Erica Jong on advice
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong on love
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook. Ben Jonson on hope
I am a printer, and a printer of news; ... I'll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so be it news. Ben Jonson on press
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. Ben Jonson on talk
When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism! David Star Jordan on animals
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. Joseph Joubert on imagination
Kindness consists of loving people more than they deserve. Joseph Joubert on kindness
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. Joseph Joubert on opinion
All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it. Joseph Joubert on order