The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it. Samuel Johnson Read Quote
When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation. Samuel Johnson Read Quote
Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. Samuel Johnson Read Quote
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. Samuel Johnson Read Quote
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 Read Quote
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. Samuel Johnson Read Quote
Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy. Samuel Johnson Read Quote
The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. Samuel Johnson Read Quote