Samuel Johnson

"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern."

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill."

"It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world."

"Man is not weak - knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength."

"Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions."

"There is no problem the mind of man can set that the mind of man cannot solve."

"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."

"Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other."

"Being in a ship is being in a jail with the chance of being drowned."