A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

— Samuel Johnson

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

— Samuel Johnson

Being in a ship is being in a jail with the chance of being drowned.

— Samuel Johnson

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

— Samuel Johnson

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

— Samuel Johnson

[C]courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.

— Samuel Johnson

Claret is the liquor for boys port for men but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

— Samuel Johnson

Clear your mind of "can't."

— Samuel Johnson

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected even when it is associated with vice.

— Samuel Johnson

Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven't courage you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

— Samuel Johnson