Samuel Johnson

"A man's worth is determined not by his possessions but by the mark he leaves on the world."

"To think yourself into peace requires courage to face what you've been avoiding."

"The morning is wiser than the evening."

"It is impossible to spend money and not miss it."

"A great man leaves his mark not only on his own time but on all ages to come."

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."

"We are more inclined to err in overestimating ourselves than in thinking ourselves adequate."

"That man is little to be envied whose very talents and abilities do not contribute to his own happiness."

"Men are willing to be called unjust, but no one likes to be called mad."

"The truest form of freedom is the freedom to choose what to do with one's own mind."

"The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience, but how he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

"Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."

"The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment into schemes of future felicity."

"To be idle is to be wicked, and idleness is the root of all mischief."

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

"Language is the dress of thought; therefore every word should be put on with care."

"Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess."

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."

"The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book."

"The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public."

"No one will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability."

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."

"Friendship is a union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and something more than a name and a sign that meet in a house."

"Every man naturally desires to live long; but no man would be glad to be old."

"Death is only dreadful for those who live in such a manner that it is better for them not to exist."

"The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken."

"He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty."

"I am not much in the humor of talking; I find that the world has used me unkindly of late."

"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."

"A man may be so much occupied in sharpening his tools that he neglects to use them."