Samuel Johnson

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards read more

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.

I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as
to shun myself.

I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as
to shun myself.

Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man
struggling for life in the read more

Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man
struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground
encumbers him with help?

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

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

The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.

The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.