Will Johnson
Will Johnson
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.
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.
danger produce security
Security will produce danger.
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.