Samuel Johnson

For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.

For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.

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.

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated a disputant, or provoked a read more

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated a disputant, or provoked a faction