More quotes by Samuel Johnson

"That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner."
"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair."
"Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it."
"Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise."
"Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions."