Samuel Johnson Quotes

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

By Numbers here from Shame or Censure free,This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse.

Of all the Griefs that harrass the Distrest,Sure the most bitter is a scornful Jest

This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confessed — Slow rises worth, by poverty depressed.

Unmoved though Witlings sneer and Rivals rail, Ye Fops, be silent: and ye Wits, be just.