Quotes from Samuel Pepys

As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!

The best of a bad bargain.

...and mighty proud I am, and ought to be thankful to God Almighty that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

However, music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.

Music and women I cannot but give way to whatever my business is.

Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them.

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, but reserve that till they have got one, and then it is too late for them to enjoy it.