Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. – Samuel Johnson
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. – Samuel Johnson
The happiest part of a mans life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. – Samuel Johnson
It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger. – Samuel Johnson