It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation. – Samuel Johnson
Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. – Samuel Johnson
To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. – Samuel Johnson
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. – Samuel Johnson