There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten. — Samuel Johnson
There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… — Samuel Johnson
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. — Samuel Johnson
We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting. — Samuel Johnson
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. — Samuel Johnson
When a man is tired of london, he is tired of life; for there is in london all that life can afford. — Samuel Johnson
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. — Samuel Johnson
When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped. — Samuel Johnson
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others. — Samuel Johnson
You can’t be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who’s for you and who’s against you. — Samuel Johnson
You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company. — Samuel Johnson
Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. — Samuel Johnson
Very few live by choice. Every man is placed in his present condition by causes which — Samuel Johnson
Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. — Samuel Johnson