Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. – Samuel Johnson
It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them. – Samuel Johnson
There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and delighted himself and his reader with the melody of birds, the whisper of groves, and the murmur of rivulets. – Samuel Johnson
Getting money is not all a mans business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. – Samuel Johnson