4 Samuel Johnson Quotes on Choice

Samuel Johnson quotes on choice

9. 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.

11. Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.

117. 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.

123. A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.