There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Samuel Johnson
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.