Samuel Johnson Quotes - Page 5
Samuel Johnson (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.”, p.321
The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1786). “Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales”, p.401
Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Reviews, political tracts, and Lives of eminent persons”, p.311
Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi, James Boswell (1804). “The beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: consisting of maxims and observations, moral, critical, and miscellaneous: to which are now added biographical anecdotes of the doctor, selected from the works of Mrs. Piozzi;--his Life, recently published by Mr. Boswell, and other authentic testimonies; also his will, and the sermon he wrote for the late Doctor Dodd”, p.154
Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson”, p.198
"An Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain" (1756)
Samuel Johnson (1848). “The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler”, p.145
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 375-78, The Rambler No. 110, 1922.
The Rambler No. 48, 1 September (1750)
Samuel Johnson (1836). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.: D., with an Essay on His Life and Genius”, p.342
Samuel Johnson (1856). “Rasselas”, p.43
Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.
Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.20
"The Beauties of Samuel Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous".
In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 219 (13 April 1773)
In solitude we have our dreams to ourselves, and in company we agree to dream in concert.
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1799). “Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales”, p.167
"The Sayings of Doctor Johnson".
In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 12 (1780)
Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.
In James Boswell 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' (1785) 5 October 1773
[W]ith an unquiet mind, neither exercise, nor diet, nor physick can be of much use.
Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell.
