“If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.”

“Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.”

“There is a certain proper and luxurious way of lying in bed. Confucius, that great artist of life, "never lay straight" in bed, "like a corpse", but always curled up on one side. I believe one of the greatest pleasures of life is to curl up one's legs in bed. The posture of the arms is also very important, in order to reach the greatest degree of aesthetic pleasure and mental power. I believe the best posture is not lying flat on the bed, but being upholstered with big soft pillows at an angle of thirty degrees with either one arm or both arms placed behind the back of one's head.”

“What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?”

“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 willgive him enjoyment, invariably he will find food is the first one.”

“There is no proper time and place for reading. When the mood for reading comes, one can read anywhere”

“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. ”