Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

The endearing elegance of female friendship. >>

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his >>

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment. >>

Quotations about Wine

Water for oxen, wine for kings. >>

I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of huma >>

It's a naïve domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you' >>

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

Johnson, Samuel