Johnson
Johnson
Johnson is a surname of English origin. The name itself is a patronym of the given name John, literally meaning "son of John". The name John derives from Latin Johannes, which is derived through Greek Ἰωάννης Iōannēs from Hebrew יוחנן Yohanan, meaning "Yahweh has favoured". The name has been extremely popular in Europe since the Christian era as a result of it being given to St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist and nearly one thousand other Christian saints...
usury ruins
The synonyme of usury is ruin.
unnecessary vow given
All unnecessary vows are folly, because they suppose a prescience of the future, which has not been given us.
kings war enemy
The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly.
riches wealth rich
Riches seldom make their owners rich.
love-is views giving
To purchase Heaven has gold the power? Can gold remove the mortal hour? In life can love be bought with gold? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold? No--all that's worth a wish--a thought, Fair virtue gives unbribed, unbought. Cease then on trash thy hopes to bind, Let nobler views engage thy mind.
atmosphere complacency conjugal
Mutual complacency is the atmosphere of conjugal love.
expectations novelty jest
The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another.
wit wells has-beens
Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed.
wife guests fine
He who would have fine guests, let him have a fine wife.
purpose defeat poet
Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet.
zeal
The hopes of zeal are not wholly groundless.
trust heart tongue
Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
marriage dream home
Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden exchange meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness had before concealed; they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty.
friendship years long
To those who have lived long together, everything heard and everything seen recalls some pleasure communicated, some benefit conferred, some petty quarrel or some slight endearment. Esteem of great powers, or amiable qualities newly discovered may embroider a day or a week, but a friendship of twenty years is interwoven with the texture of life.