It is no more necessary that a man should remember the different dinners and suppers which have made him healthy, than the different books which have made him wise. Let us see the results of good food in a strong body, and the results of great reading in a full and powerful mind.
Sydney SmithWhatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.
Sydney SmithThe longer I live, the more I am convinced that the apothecary is of more importance than Seneca; and that half the unhappiness in the world proceeds from little stoppages; from a duct choked up, from food pressing in the wrong place, from a vexed duodenum, or an agitated pylorus.
Sydney SmithA man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.
Sydney Smith