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I have found men more kind than I expected and less just.

—  Samuel Johnson

A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.

—  Samuel Johnson

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.

—  Samuel Johnson

A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.

—  Samuel Johnson

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

—  Samuel Johnson

Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.

—  Samuel Johnson

I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.

—  Samuel Johnson

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.

—  Samuel Johnson

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

—  Samuel Johnson

Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages.

—  Samuel Johnson