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...
laughing may woe
In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, and born in bed, in bed we die; the near approach a bed may show of human bliss to human woe.
friendship female elegance
He endearing elegance of female friendship.
danger produce security
Security will produce danger.
sides advantage lasting-friendship
Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.
pain useless suspicion
Suspicion is most often useless pain.
apology rudeness occasions
There are occasions on which all apologies are rudeness.
endeavor please
He who endeavors to please must appear pleased.
pleasure endeavor duty
We all live in the hope of pleasing somebody; and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and always will be greatest, when our endeavors are exerted in consequence of our duty.
society firsts duty
It is our first duty to serve society.
honesty men want
It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the consequences of a position, or perceive the difficulties by which cooler and more experienced reasoners are restrained from confidence, they form their conclusions with great precipitance. Seeing nothing that can darken or embarrass the question, they expect to find their own opinion universally prevalent, and are inclined to impute uncertainty and hesitation to want of honesty, rather than of knowledge.
wise men quitting
He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
long peculiar stranger
It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger.
love-is self doe
Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others.
smart tongue complaining
He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.