Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. – Samuel Johnson
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. – Samuel Johnson
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. – Samuel Johnson
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. – Samuel Johnson