Samuel Johnson:
(Lichfield, 18 September 1709 – London, 13 December 1784). Called Dr Johnson, was an English lexicographer, poet, essayist and literary critic. In his time, Johnson was one of the leading figures of London’s literary and intellectual milieu. He was a hard worker, who constantly complained about his laziness, a socially minded man, weighed down by enormous guilt and a heavy-handed tea drinker. He was extremely compulsive and suffered from his obsessive-compulsive disorder and tics. He would probably have been diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome in modern times.
Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.
Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation.
The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.
No one can taste the fruits of autumn while his smell delights in the flowers of spring.
