Samuel Johnson

"There is nothing in this world that does not die eventually."

"We are dying every moment; it is not a future event but a present reality."

"A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it."

"The person who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than the person who tries to do nothing and succeeds."

"Love will make us cry, will make us open our ribs and let it eat our hearts, but that is the price of being fully alive."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge, for imagination embraces the entire world."

"The mind of man, when it receives an impression, becomes like wax bearing the mark of the seal."

"If the disease of the mind is discomfort with oneself, then the cure must be within oneself."

"There is in this world no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation meeting with circumstance."

"A man who loves books is a man who has found the best company in the world."

"The truly great man is he who never loses his sense of wonder at life."

"To think ill of mankind and to wish them well is a contradiction impossible to be maintained."

"No man is a failure who is enjoying life."

"The pen is mightier than the sword because it can reach where weapons cannot."

"What we do in moments of extremity is what we truly are."

"The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked."

"It is with books as with companions; we should prefer those who elevate and improve us."

"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."

"A man may be very sincere in good intentions without perception and discernment."

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a man can change his circumstances by changing his attitude."

"In adversity we see what true character one possesses."

"A man talking sense to himself is a man rediscovering peace."

"Youth is too precious a gift to spend it in learning what may be learned in middle age or in age."

"The heart that truly loves never goes beyond the law of its own experience."

"The human race will not be judged by the height of its towers but by the character of its people."

"Every accomplishment, large or small, begins with the decision to try."

"Nature is the same in all countries, but art and learning are the possessions of man."

"A man is as weak as he is unwilling to help others."

"The proof of the pudding is in the eating."

"Where there is recklessness there is sure to be error."