Samuel Johnson

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.