It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honor, and fictitious benevolence.


The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (ed. 1787)


It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and...

It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and...

It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and...

It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and...