Samuel Johnson

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

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

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care read more

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which
he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do read more

I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which
he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do not love a man
who is zealous for nothing."

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.