What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. Samuel Johnson on hope
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. Samuel Johnson on hope
The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. Samuel Johnson on hope
The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. Samuel Johnson on imagination
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. Samuel Johnson on imagination
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. Samuel Johnson on knowledge
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson on knowledge
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 on knowledge
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 knowledge
Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. Samuel Johnson on knowledge
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. Samuel Johnson on marriage
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. Samuel Johnson on men
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. Samuel Johnson on money
No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. Samuel Johnson on money
You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle. Samuel Johnson on money
Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use. Samuel Johnson on money
No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction. Samuel Johnson on money
There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. Samuel Johnson on money
The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. Samuel Johnson on morning
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Samuel Johnson on music