Samuel Johnson Quote

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable

Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other