I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
Samuel Johnson

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
Samuel Johnson

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
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

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?
Samuel Johnson

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Samuel Johnson

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
Samuel Johnson

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Samuel Johnson

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.
Samuel Johnson

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
Samuel Johnson

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
Samuel Johnson

It is better to live rich than to die rich.
Samuel Johnson

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Samuel Johnson

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
Samuel Johnson

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
Samuel Johnson

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Samuel Johnson

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.
Samuel Johnson

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.
Samuel Johnson

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
Samuel Johnson

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Samuel Johnson