Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition read more
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life away in fruitless efforts.
There are charms made only for distant admiration.
There are charms made only for distant admiration.
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
