Scotland: That garret of the earth - that knuckle-end of England - that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur.

Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.

Some men have only one book in them, others a library.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

The 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.

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

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.