Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. — Samuel Johnson
Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. — Samuel Johnson
So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something. — Samuel Johnson
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. — Samuel Johnson
Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; — Samuel Johnson
The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. — Samuel Johnson
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. — Samuel Johnson
The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it. — Samuel Johnson
The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. — Samuel Johnson
The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. — Samuel Johnson
There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. — Samuel Johnson
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge — Samuel Johnson