“Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Unnumbered suppliants crowd Preferment's gate Athirst for wealth, and burning to be great; Delusive Fortune hears th' incessant call, They mount, they… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a woman who gets the command of money… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When the desire of wealth is taking hold of the heart, let us look round and see how it operates upon than… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favor cannot… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Wasting a fortune is evaporation by a thousand imperceptible means. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Life is short. The sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth the better. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Wealth is nothing in itself; it is not useful but when it departs from us. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Prosperity's right hand is industry and her left hand is frugality. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Whosoever shall look heedfully upon those who are eminent for their riches will not think their condition such as that he should… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
To purchase Heaven has gold the power? Can gold remove the mortal hour? In life can love be bought with gold? Are… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is certain that success naturally confirms in us a favourable opinion of our own abilities. Scarce any man is willing to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The prosperity of a people is proportionate to the number of hands and minds usefully employed. To the community, sedition is a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Commerce however we may please ourselves with the contrary opinion, is one of the daughters of fortune, inconstant and deceitful as her… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The commercial world is very frequently put into confusion by the bankruptcy of merchants, that assumed the splendour of wealth only to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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