Samuel Johnson

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.