Fight the good fight; and always call to mind that it is not you who are mortal, but this body of ours. For your true being is not discerned by perceiving your physical appearance. But 'what a man's mind is,… — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
Before I went to bed, I sat up till 2 a-clock in my chamber, reading of Mr. Hooke's Microscopical Observations, the most ingenious book… — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
“Ma járt le a borivás és a színház ellen tett fogadalmam, s úgy határoztam, élek is e szabadságommal, mielőtt újra fogadalmat teszek.” — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
But Lord! To see the absurd nature of Englishmen that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at everything that looks strange. — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
I did this night promise my wife never to go to bed without calling upon God, upon my knees, in prayer. — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
“Great talk among people how some of the Fanatiques do say that the end of the world is at hand, and that next Tuesday… — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not,… — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
And it is a wonder what will be the fashion after the plagueisdoneastoperiwigs, fornobody will daretobuy any haire for fear of the infectionthat it… — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to… — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
However, music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is. — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
