“Post-Prandial Pessimists”

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/5/4/5/15453/15453-h/15453-h.htm

First Decadent: “After all, Smythe, what would life be without coffee?”

Second Decadent: “True, Jeohnes, true! And yet, after all, what is life with coffee?”

Punch, Oct. 15, 1892