Samuel Johnson

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and,
instead of thinking how things may be, to read more

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and,
instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.

Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of
life.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of
life.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.