Will Johnson
Will Johnson
trust cheating pain
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
carpe-diem men focus
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
inspirational teaching learning
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
anticipation conditions
Hope is necessary in every condition.
names giving civilized-nations
Plenty is the original cause of many of our needs; and even the poverty, which is so frequent and distressful in civilized nations, proceeds often from that change of manners which opulence has produced. Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries; but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.
revenge passion justice
Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
rich-poor would-be frugal
Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.
patriotic patriotism lasts
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
life lying wind
He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.
kindness littles return
When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
funny army men
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
sunshine shade brightness
He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
motivational perseverance determination
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
life tired men
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.