A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died: Johnson said, it was the triumph of hope over experience.

Rev. Maxwell to James Boswell.

...(S)o many objections might be made to every thing, that nothing could overcome them but the necessity of doing something.

Samuel Johnson to Rev. Maxwell, as quoted by James Boswell.

Every man, at last, wishes for retreat; he sees his expectations frustrated in the world, and begins to wean himself from it, and to prepare for everlasting separation.

Samuel Johnson to Rev. Maxwell, as quoted by James Boswell.

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

Samuel Johnson in a letter to his servant, Francis Barber, as quoted by James Boswell.

Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch.

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