Samuel Johnson

"Exercise is labor without weariness."

"To be of no Church is dangerous."

"Friendship is a union of spirits a marriage of hearts and the bond there of virtue."

"An old friend never can be found and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost."

"It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood."

"Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it."

"Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle."

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

"Prudence keeps life safe but does not often make it happy."

"Imitations produce pain or pleasure, not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind."

"A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it."

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance."