What the eye does not see, the stomach does not get upset over
Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself.
We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet it with care and judgment.
Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting.
Better to work and fail than to sleep one's life away.
People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.