Samuel Johnson Quotes Archive
This is a collection of quotes about food from Samuel Johnson.
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to
Posted December 9, 2017
“No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.”
A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything
Posted July 29, 2016
“A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.”