Quotes By William Samuel Johnson

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity.

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.

Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

Whatever you have, spend less.

To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.