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...
wise thinking being-wise
He that never thinks can never be wise.
wise doe welcome
If what happens does not make us richer, we must welcome it if it makes us wiser.
wise men thinking
The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
knowledge laughing mechanic
Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength.
money men thinking
It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly income, but are often actually in want of money. It is clear, they have not value for what they spend.
money tree fruit
Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.
memories past able
One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past.
government long revolution
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.
arrogance unhappy arrogant
To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength.
fate arrogance world
Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will not condescend to recommend himself by external embellishments must submit to the fate of just sentiment meanly expressed, and be ridiculed and forgotten before he is understood.
law practice rejection
All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and an appeal from general laws to private judgment: he, therefore, who differs form others without apparent advantage, ought not to be angry if his arrogance is punished with ridicule; if those whose example he superciliously overlooks, point him out to derision, and hoot him back again into the common road.
retirement pits actors
The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and their first performances fill the pit with conjecture and prognostication, as the first actions of a new monarch agitate nations with hope and fear.
historical promise age
Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, - attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.
historical passing passings
Many falsehoods are passing into uncontradicted history.