All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. – Samuel Johnson
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. – Samuel Johnson
Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it. – Samuel Johnson
The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied. – Samuel Johnson