Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in "Hierocles", who, when he offered read more
He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in "Hierocles", who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen
Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood
Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood
