If there is anything we are serious about, it is neither religion nor learning, but food.

We should not expect people to be good, but should make it impossible for them to be bad.

If man be sensible and one fine morning, while he is lying in bed, counts at the tips of his fingers how many things in this life truly will give him enjoyment, invariably he will find food is the first one.

By association with nature's enormities, a man's heart may truly grow big also.

True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think it means a release of energy.

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.

It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.