Samuel Johnson

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.