There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
Weitere Zitate von Samuel Johnson
Zum Autor"Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it."
"Prudence keeps life safe but does not often make it happy."
"The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning."
"A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it."
"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."
"An old friend never can be found and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost."