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...
memories sorrow progress
There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow.
memories men inscriptions
In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.
optimism mind anticipation
No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
grief bitter jest
Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.
rights political abuse
If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.
ideas long mind
As any action or posture, long continued, will distort and disfigure the limbs, so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.
ideas together violence
The most Heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together.
hunting strange melancholy
It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them.
self-improvement desire increase
Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.
ideas language instruments
Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.
successful men deception
Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves.
deception tomorrow cheat
Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale.
travel home men
In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
pain cost pleasure
Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost must always end in pain.