Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. – Samuel Johnson
All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. – Samuel Johnson
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. – Samuel Johnson
Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain. – Samuel Johnson